On 08/29/2018 07:07 PM, Steven Schear wrote: > Stingers seem to be the deciding element for the Soviets in their > withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Arguably yes. But they got them from the US. They didn't build them in caves. Now AK-47 clones, they're very good at :) > Wasn't it Isaac Asimov that used gene-targeted assassination as the major > plot element in one of his stories? I don't remember. I do recall that William S. Burroughs more or less based his last trilogy on biological weapons: _Cities of the Red Night_, _The Place of Dead Roads_ and _The Western Lands_. > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 7:04 PM Mirimir <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 08/29/2018 04:32 PM, Steve Kinney wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 08/29/2018 06:05 PM, Steven Schear wrote: >>> >>>> No popular insurrection against a modern military has occurred mainly >>>> due to the lack of easy and affordable access of smart weapons. >>> >>> Define "smart weapon." >>> >>>> broad >>>> interpretation of DD's right to publish its 3D plans might soon lead to >>>> practical TOW, Stinger and other smart weapons that could neutralize >>>> commonly deployed advanced military tech. >>> >>> Pardon my language, but your ignorance on this subject matter appears to >>> be absolute. The sentence above presents as meaningless and >>> embarrassing noise, to an audience that understands the technology you >>> are talking about. The CPunks list has more than enough engineers and >>> technicians to assure "no sale" for your ignorant bullshit. >>> >>> :o) >> >> Biological weapons are arguably the only option with enough force >> asymmetry. But then, victory would be rather hollow ;) Unless, I >> suppose, one could target particular shared sets of genetic alleles >> (loosely, "races"). But then, governments are certainly doing just that, >> with far more resources. >> >
