Re: TERRORISM: Seriousness and potential strategies

From: hal@finney.org
Date: Sat Sep 15 2001 - 13:40:51 MDT


Robert writes:
> It would seem to me that if these are combined properly, they allow you
> to create a "transparent society" in a foreign country. Certainly the
> U.S. manufacturing capacity for small self-flying airborne "spys"
> exceeds the ability of a nation like Afganistan to shoot these out
> of the sky (I mean really -- there are limits on how many bullets
> you can shoot into the sky).

It's an interesting idea, but bullets are a LOT cheaper than airplanes,
no matter how great our manufacturing capabilities are. I don't see
how you're going to keep them from being shot down.

Hal



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