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  • As weapons become more powerful and their role increases in warfare, do

    From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 24 15:40:52 2022
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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Thu Feb 24 19:26:44 2022
    On 2/24/2022 3:40 PM, gggg gggg wrote:
    Re: As weapons become more powerful and their role increases
    in warfare, doesn't the 'first strike' strategy take precedence?

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    Let us look at that is sections.

    Re: As weapons become more powerful

    Yes, weapons are now more powerful.
    But the most powerful weapons are generally
    not used.

    and their role increases in warfare,

    The ones with a frequently used 'role'
    are not greatly developed from older days.

    Big piles of rubble, and dead bodies are not
    that productive to anyone.

    Separate out the leaders, and isolate them.
    In Roman times, strangle, or sever the spinal column.
    In Medieval stab, sever spine, or burn, or ?.
    In WWII a .32 to back of skull.
    Nowdays just keep them isolated, or any of above.

    doesn't the 'first strike' strategy take precedence?

    But, if fear is what you desire, a slow ratcheting
    up when 'they' have no means to seriously resist,
    works fine also.

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  • From SolomonW@21:1/5 to gggg gggg on Fri Feb 25 15:31:14 2022
    On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:40:52 -0800 (PST), gggg gggg wrote:

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    I saw a report of a Russian military study in the 1970s that stated this exactly.

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  • From gggg gggg@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 24 21:27:59 2022
    On Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 1:40:53 PM UTC-10, wrote:

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    https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:-fL-G6qTE9gJ:https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2021/07/01/a-thought-provoking-reflection-on-how-ai-will-change-conflict+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 24 23:19:08 2022
    On Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:31:14 +1100, SolomonW <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:40:52 -0800 (PST), gggg gggg wrote:

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    I saw a report of a Russian military study in the 1970s that stated this >exactly.

    I read today there had been a major battle at Chernobyl - given we had
    a full fledged meltdown there I would have expected a full fledged
    Monty Python battle: "you take it!" "no no I insist YOU take it!" "No
    YOU take it!" but I gather there are some transportation links near
    there that were in Ukrainian hands yesterday and Russian hands
    today...

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