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Off topic but somewhat related... As of late, I've really enjoyed watching FPV racing drone footage on YouTube. And it's made wonder - if commercial drones currently on the market are capable of this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/mMmBC2nwcjY?feature=share3

What do you get when you have a multi-billion dollar defense budget and some of the best engineers on the planet?



Also check out Dutch drone shows. Amazing co-ordination among hundreds of drones.


> What do you get when you have a multi-billion dollar defense budget and some of the best engineers on the planet?

A huge waste.


I don't think 80 years of global peace and safe international trade have been a huge waste.


> 80 years of global peace and safe international trade

Sorry but that's a rather myopic take. A significant portion of the world would claim they've experienced nothing of the sort.


Nothing on the scale of WWII.


Hey, we can have both huge waste and 80 years of global(ish) peace with safe(ish) international trade.


Did you get that history lesson from a Raytheon marketing brochure?


An UFO?




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