Lawmakers struck down a Democratic measure Thursday that would've scrapped $1 billion in defense funding to begin work on the Trump-class battleship.
  • EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    We can already detonate artillery shells while they are in flight with lasers, so we’re already there. It’s just expensive.

    • Skyrmir@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 days ago

      That expense is what keeps them off the battlefield. War is just violent economics after all.