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They've proved useful in Ukraine.


So has 155mm Artillery, i'd also prefer that not be used in city limits.


So should we develop everything using the criterion "will it prove useful in an active warzone" ?


To be fair... a non-trivial percentage of the major breakthroughs in human science/engineering were developed to have some form of impact on an active warzone.


As that criterion would sink most of the ad-tech industry, maybe it actually has some hidden merit? ;)


Concorde was also useful in general, yet thanks to sound breaking noise was not allowed to fly over land supersonic.

Now imagine 4, 8 or bigger combo of flying vacuum cleaners in 3am. People are going to eat you alive.




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