26 May 2026

MAD all over again?

I imagine most of my farflung correspondents' interest in military tactics is limited, but this video leads me to believe 1) Ukraine is winning decisively at this point; and 2) drone technology is approaching the level that it will be a new "MAD" (mutually assured destruction) phenomenon, whereby in the future nations will be very keen to avoid armed conflict because it will be impossible to resist drones, and there will be no winners in a drone vs. drone war. Which could be a good thing. 

The test for survival of sophonts (intelligent species, universally) is whether they can learn to cooperate instead of fight. Fighters die. All the way to extinction. Which are we?  

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