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US Military Concerned About Losing Their High Tech Edge

posted by martyb on Saturday April 11 2015, @09:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the US-Military--and/or--the-Military-Industrial-Complex? dept.

anubi writes:

I guess we have all seen all those wonderful toys coming from China. Technologies unimaginable a few years ago, like quadricopters and microminiature concealed cameras. It looks like the US Military is taking notice.

Other countries (such as China) build our stuff, understand how it works, and have found out how to make it very inexpensively. A remote-controlled drone was once the exclusive domain of law enforcement... now just about anyone who wants one can buy one.

Yup, it looks like the-powers-that-be are realizing their cats are getting out of the bag...

 
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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday April 11 2015, @05:54PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 11 2015, @05:54PM (#169002) Journal

    People bitching about boobs in video games will have nothing to do with America's decline.

    Actually, I'd say they have a lot to do with the decline. When more media attention is focused on a neanderthal wandering out of his cave than on the abuses of the national security apparatus, the continuing long term decline of the US, or other real issues - which when you think about it is a natural propaganda distraction maneuver - then sure, they have a lot to do with America's decline.

  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Monday April 13 2015, @12:54AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Monday April 13 2015, @12:54AM (#169483) Journal

    The the problem is that the government and media is co-opted by corporations special interests?

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday April 13 2015, @01:08AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Monday April 13 2015, @01:08AM (#169487) Journal
      As long as you remember that the governments are the largest and most powerful of those corporations.