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Originally Posted by WillyPete
That's all true Phage, but when you compare an existing, cheap and proven system (dumb mines) then the guys who balance the budget look at the excuses I gave and use them to stop the rollout of the new stuff.
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And of course these sacrifices are made because the little funds they get need to be directed toward other areas. The campaign should be to increase funding to the military so they can afford to work on it.
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Originally Posted by BigBen931
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Stop using mines, right now. Stop making, selling, storing, deploying them.
Then whatever brilliant idea you have for jumping munitions, radio-controlled wizardry will NEED to be researched because there would be a 'theoretical gap in strategy'.
Can anyone honestly say that ANYONE needs a landmine? Go watch that commercial again.
Hey, fuck South Korea, or North Korea, or whoever the US is pissed off at today. This message shows the reality of millions of innocent people around the world, and not the opening sequence to 007's Die Another Day. You need mines to protect the border?
I didn't know the US was that weak in its defence systems.
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The U.S. is not weak in defense
because we use weapons which are tactically desirable. Defense using mine fields saves the lives of U.S. soldiers who don't need to patrol those areas, not to mention the resources that can be diverted elsewhere. Weakening our military to spur innovation is
not a good solution; explain to the parents of a dead G.I. that their son or daughter is dead because you decided they had to be on the front lines when they had other options.
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Originally Posted by BigBen931
Can anyone honestly say that ANYONE needs a landmine? Go watch that commercial again.
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I think this is typical of the unsound thought process that many who oppose mines have. You are advocating a purely emotional decision, as if showing a soldier tear out of nowhere and bayonet some little girl provides a sensible argument against bayonets.