Imagine a future where instead of creating something like Zumwalt, we create an equal tier spaceship.
>>7712090
...and proceed to bomb the everliving shit out of everyone with it
>>7712090
and make it easily affordable
>>7713659
kek'd
Why America keeps spending so much money on military is a mystery to me. It is barely useful.
>>7712090
Nothing wrong with old destroyers, they just wanted to shit away a lot of cash to their cronies with the Zumwalt. And boy did they manage to shit it away on a boat that may sink as soon as it faces rough weather.
>>7713665
Enormously good cash sink for kickback scehemes and enriching your friends.
>>7713665
>Why America keeps spending so much money on military is a mystery to me.
Broken window fallacy.
It keeps people employed.
>>7713665
naval power is very important
that said we are very inefficient with how we spend it, everything ends up overbudget.. that or its not actually but the rest is being channeled into secret programs
Whats wrong with the zumwalt apart of it being ugly
>>7713665
>Why America keeps spending so much money on military is a mystery to me.
Europe isn't going to defend itself.
>>7713774
This.
The Department of Defense is the largest employer in the US.
>>7712090
Or better yet develop something we actually need like medicine, clean power, etc.
>>>7712090(You)(OP)
>Or better yet develop something we actually need like medicine, clean power, etc.
Which we'll use on our spaceship?
>>7712090
Well then you need to change the way the world works and thinks. As long as entire industries rely on warfare for their profits, war (and the waste of resources it creates) will continue.
>>7713963
>medicine
>government
Holy shit you're a socialist retard, aren't you?
needs more lasers.
>>7714091
No, we really don't want lasers in war.
Sure they are great at destroying the target. But they have huge ethical, humanitarian and accountability issues which we really should avoid.
>>7714101
You know what you can do with lasers tho, right? Shoot humanitarians and accountants.
>>7714107
Sure but the mess of scattering, reflection, refraction, ... can permanently blind anyone looking that general direction for miles. This is why most military lasers are labeled "test" units and used in remote locations like out at sea. They are trying to play it both ways, which is way the UN need to lay down the the regulations now. As sooner or later this laser weapon issue needs to be fully addressed before it becomes a acceptable weapon of war.
If only Gandhi knew of such advanced weapon platforms he may have said something different about making the whole world blind.
>build a stupid ass ship like we did for decades
>hide everything that makes it look like a regular ship under flat panels
Totally futuristic new ship! gib tax monies plz
>>7714206
Low orbit laser cannon, built to take out vehicles, missiles, etc. No fear of blinding with the angle.
>>7714206
>laser weapon
>hurts people
Working As Intended.
>>7714256
It's not a matter of accidentally lasing somebody you didn't mean to. It's a matter of the illuminated point being so bright that THAT causes eye damage to anybody nearby.
That's why you're supposed to wear eye protection when working with lasers; not because you might screw up and aim the thing at your eye.
>>7713945
It is REALLY ugly.
>>7714413
I think it looks sexy.
>>7714068
this is why americans pay out of their ass for a halfassed education while people in europe get it for free
>>7714206
fuck. you.
weapons are designed to do terrible things to people. because sometimes you just have to do terrible things to someoner.
>>7714426
is that why everyone in the world goes to the USA for medical care if they're not poverty stricken human garbage?
>>7712090
Why imagine a future with an equal tier when we can lament about a could have been god tier?
>>7714451
>Nuclear liftoff
the absolute madmen
>>7714068
If government won't provide a better life for us we should reject it the world over.
>>7713665
America makes a lot of money exporting military tech. They sell older models to third world countries and beyond the money itself they create regional powers who are dependent on America to stay powerful. That influence gives America the ability to coerce even more countries into shit that further benefits the US, like how the petrodollar props up the value of the USD.
>>7714206
>UN
Since when was the US concerned about what the UN declared? The US is specifically not party to many UN declarations including some relating to war. Look up the US exceptions to the Geneva Conventions on war.
