War Should be Expensive
War is not a good thing. Sometimes war is a necessity to protect liberty and value, but it does not create value. It destroys life and value, AKA "blood and treasure".
It is expensive for the population that loses in both blood and treasure. For this reason, war should be expensive for the victor also. When it is expensive, reasonable parties will explore other options first. If it is not expensive enough, then it becomes too convenient an option. As we evolve toward unmanned combat systems, I fear for what it may bode.
Cheap, easily employed, unmanned systems will reduce the cost of war and shift the burden of casualties. It will not be the soldier that is the casualty of war. It will be the civilian. These tools will allow the decimation of the defenseless with little or no risk of cost to the attacker.
Economics 101. If something is handy and cheap, it will be common.
Be careful what you wish for.
It is expensive for the population that loses in both blood and treasure. For this reason, war should be expensive for the victor also. When it is expensive, reasonable parties will explore other options first. If it is not expensive enough, then it becomes too convenient an option. As we evolve toward unmanned combat systems, I fear for what it may bode.
Cheap, easily employed, unmanned systems will reduce the cost of war and shift the burden of casualties. It will not be the soldier that is the casualty of war. It will be the civilian. These tools will allow the decimation of the defenseless with little or no risk of cost to the attacker.
Economics 101. If something is handy and cheap, it will be common.
Be careful what you wish for.
posted by ironcross11 | 12:50 PM
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