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jandrewrogersyesterday at 9:11 PM1 replyview on HN

Quantity has been replaced by precision.

In WW2 the US would send a 1,000 bombers to hit a target and still miss. That's why they needed so many. Now a single attack jet can hit multiple targets with very high probability.


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fookeryesterday at 11:37 PM

Maybe you should read the article?

Quantity is back in the game again thanks to drones, right now we would lose without escalating to a nuclear war.

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