alt Hacker NewsMore to the point, if your military is only good when enemies attack you the way you want them to, you don't have a good military.
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glitchc • today at 3:15 AM
Nonsense. Every military is built to counter certain types of enemies. Nations that win predict correctly, nations that lose predict incorrectly. History is littered with examples.
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whynotminot • today at 4:08 AM
Pretty sure anyone who fights the US military finds out pretty fast it’s a good military.
It isn’t perfect. It has flaws. War is hard to get right in every dimension.
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Nowadays it's about efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Sure, 99% of the time a Shahed-136 might "lose" against a Patriot, but a Patriot missile costs 200x what a Shahed does.
Laser and EWar approaches are going to be more successful long-term as the price per "shot" is dramatically less, but deployments are slow.