• D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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    I won’t believe this came from Trump unless its an actual golden dome that is being proposed.

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    The only reason this dogshit country hasn’t been bombed to hell is because we already have the two best air defense systems in the world, the Atlantic Ocean and Europe and (more importantly) the Pacific ocean.

  • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    While the space satellite based interception stuff is at this point is purely conceptual, doesn’t exist yet (might never exist) and honestly almost fantasy, there is actual work being done on the “Golden Dome” project, the US military just received their first new radar for the “Golden Dome”, and the US Navy has been testing out new missile interception strategies against ballistic missiles launched from Yemen towards Israel, including late boost phase and early midcourse/ascent phase intercepts using SM-3 Block IB missiles. Similar strategies could be applied to longer range missiles like IRBMs or even ICBMs using SM-3 Block II A and B interceptors. This is actually a very serious issue, the USA is looking to undermine the nuclear deterrent of it’s adversaries, namely China and Russia. With Trump, you’ve got to ignore the circus (in this case satellite space based intercept star wars stuff) and follow the reality on the ground (new radars, US Navy using Yemen as a testing ground for new intercept strategies, new orders for more SM-3 missiles).

    I did a post on it here

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    Step One: Call for a satellite based missile defense system named Golden Dome, because Gold is your favorite… thing.

    Step Two: Do not elaborate further.

    Step Three: ???

    Step Four: (Personally) Profit off of delusional insane cult members who couldn’t pass an 8th grade math or writing exam, but totally believe this is a realistic goal that will certainly be fully implemented within 3 or 4 years.

    Oh I forgot the setup.

    Step Zero: First, piss off your main ally in NORAD, the existing organization that already does the thing you think you’ve just invented.

    Step Zero and a Half: Cut basically all funding to all scientific research that you can, also harass and dismiss all legit scientific experts and academics of all kinds, and their alma maters, such that you cause a massive brain drain exodus of smart people who may actually be able to design that thing you want.

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        Other funny part I didn’t even realize till just now:

        Trump announces space based Goldeneye Satellite system…

        … utterly cucks Elon and doesn’t mention him nor SpaceX fucking at all.

        What a bunch of fucking clowns.

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          hahaha lmao I didn’t think of that either, that’s incredible. I can’t wait for the inevitable musk/trump split, maybe if we’re lucky musk will try a palace coup

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            Elon appears to be bowing out of the administration after being such a massive doofus chode idiot asshat that even the Trump admin of other dumb idiot assholes couldn’t stand him… despite him having more money than God, and bankrolling their election.

            EDIT: We need like a satire cover of Bohemian Rhapsody, Elonian Rhapsody or something, about an emotionally stunted and troubled bastard who just truly wants to be seen as a cool guy and respected by some friends, but can’t figure out that you can’t buy that in a meaningful way.

            Elons life is literally a tragedy, a fucking (post)modern Citizen Kane, but with socially stunted memelord charisma.

            He has seen great heights and success, but in achieving that, he has become a hypocrite and abandoned all of his previously held values, pissed off basically everyone he’s ever known or who once looked up to him, been kicked out of ever social group he has ever himself idolized.

            A real life goddamned supervillain.

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              I’ve disliked him for so long I keep forgetting that it wasn’t all that long ago he was considered “one of the good billionaires” by a ton of people. Prior to, what, 2020 if you asked the average person about him you’d just get “oh he’s that electric car guy in Iron Man right”. If he had played his cards right and not dropped that facade he’d still be viewed largely positively by most people.

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                His initial view on AI was that it was potentially very dangerous, in a SkyNet, Roko’s Basilisk kind of way.

                Then he just flipped a hard 180 on that when ‘wait, what if AI drive car?’

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    We’re gonna have big beautiful satellites shooting ICBMs down with lasers. It’s gonna be a war in the stars, folks, and we’re gonna have our big beautiful space force doing it all.