weapons

All weapons are good in the war for clueless users, the experienced ones will find their way.

The US practice has been to launch massive sneak attacks with standoff weapons against air defense systems and grounded air forces.

We (USA) have a gigantic navy base replete with nuclear weapons 1000mi from China mainland.

Facebook powered Metaverse and bikers with sovereign status because they pack personal nuclear weapons?

If there was a war, China should pick it's coastlines where it has anti-access/area denial weapons (allegedly) and opposing force would not risk their assets.

Haven't seen 'Thirteen Days', but it covers the Cuban missile crisis -- perhaps the closest the world came to using nuclear weapons after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

To drive this point home, we sold weapons to the Nazis until 1941.

Then you'd need to add a variety of weapons; Ballistas, Trebuchets, Cannon, etc.

Maybe two castles firing siege weapons at each other?

Yes, a world without nculear weapons would be nice.

Note that these weapons worked exactly as intended.

You can't make everyone like you, especially if your identity is tied to a politically polarizing industry; and you definitely can't make everyone like tremendously expensive weapons projects.

" Moreover, a treaty certainly does not apply to defensive anti-robot weapons, even if they operate in autonomous mode." That means if a robot is programmed for its defense only then there shouldnt be any treaty for its mass production.

The "focus" mentioned in the article is incredibly diffuse: > he said they stayed focused on “delivering a stealth fighter that could fly faster than the speed of sound, carry its weapons internally, conduct short takeoffs and vertical landings, and be deployed from amphibious ships and austere bases.” The justification was, if you can believe it, that having a single platform would reduce costs.

AI Weapons, Nuclear or gunpowder is nothing in comparison to one biological weapon gone haywire.