Comment: Not me.

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Not me.

I've been advocating the legalization of grenade launchers, Stingers, and other explosive systems.

Also, IEDs. That high-tech trash is clearly doing a fantastic job against sandal-wearing goat-herders, right? Yeah, no. Turns out a guy with a $200 Kalashnikov and a homemade bomb can kill you just as dead as a missile strike from a multi-million-dollar drone.

And remember, drones and aircraft need operators. Operators are very killable.

Who says that fighting against aircraft is limited to when they're in the air, anyway? Sabotage is a time-honored guerilla tactic.

In short, color me less than impressed with the money hole that is our "advanced," yet remarkably squishy, technology. Sure, it's pretty and sleek, but over-reliance on computers and counter-measures is a heck of a weakness. An Iowa-class battleship can survive anything short of a meteor strike; nobody can say the same for our pretty little missile cruisers. If I have to choose between a fancy-shmancy point-defense system or three feet of armor, I'll take the armor, thanks.