38 links have been added on 12 ideas about #military.
  1. There are a few countries in the word without military power. Why shouldn’t the rest follow their example?
    https://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-countries-no-army-navy-184351527.html

  2. Before eve discussing demilitarization, we should first end the insanity of owning and producing nuclear and chemical weapons.

  3. The money spent on the world’s militaries could be put to other better uses, like feeding the hungry or investing in social infrastructure.

  4. Looks like you are talking about an energy barrier like the one in the Black Panther movie.

  5. Space-based radars can be vital for defending against long-range ballistic missiles, especially with the ever-increasing threat of nuclear warfare.
    https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14289000/radar-early-warning-ballistic-missile-defense

  6. Agree. The Cold War produced new military alliances, including NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and led to nuclear proliferation and proxy wars between and within postcolonial states in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Without the threat of conflict, we wouldn’t have curbed our taste for weapons of mass destruction.

  7. Any invading species will likely have superior intelligence or weapons; thus, any defence would be futile!
    https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/the-big-questions/why-these-scientists-fear-contact-space-aliens-n717271

  8. Sadly, earth is not ready to defend against an alien invasion, especially with the way governments across the world are divided.

  9. Great, we are now training robots how to fight and kill human beings. What could go wrong?

  10. Robots on the battlefield seem like a good idea until dictatorial regimes with poor human rights records start stockpiling them.
    https://www.brusselstimes.com/120648/russia-develops-voice-controlled-robots-for-future-conflict

  11. Military robots can shift the balance on battlefields and help save lives.

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  12. Mike

    See how they use them for spying – not actually reporting, so yes, journalism is the next job to be taken by bots.

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  13. “Military conscription may affect both contemporaneous and future criminal behaviour through a number of channels. Contemporaneous crime may decrease if conscription incapacitates young men, i.e., if it keeps them engaged and isolated from society.” doh, you don’t say. Putting people in prison also reduces the crime rate.

  14. Looks like President Biden has decided to stick with Space Force. Let’s see how it pans out I guess.

  15. Perhaps Asgardians should take a stand on this one now Trump has left the building. For those who don’t know. “Asgardia, also known as the Space Kingdom of Asgardia and “Asgardia the Space Nation”, is a micronation formed by a group of people who have launched a satellite into Earth orbit. They refer to themselves as “Asgardians” and they have given their satellite the name “Asgardia-1”.

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  16. They are just inviting people to fight them in space – a new theatre for their acts of violence.

  17. The Outer Space Treaty bans the placement of weapons of mass destruction in space, and establishing military bases, testing weapons and conducting military manoeuvres on celestial bodies. This should be upheld throughout the galaxy.

  18. Infogram should make them so you click a segment of the pie and it takes you to another full pie. That would do the trick.