On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 06:31:03PM -0500, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On 3/18/13, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: > [snip] > > In the next 3 years, it will become possible to build an autonomously > > navigating aircraft that can a) cross the Atlantic and b) carry a > > nuclear weapon. > > Not only is it already possible to build a human manually navigated aircraft > that can do both (a), and (b), they already exist, and computer
Or you could use a shipping container, or just bring in the parts in hand luggage, and assemble on site. > autonomy isn't necessary or useful, to hit a single big target; now > computer autonomous aircraft that can do only (a) could be just as > useful as decoys. > > Nuclear weapons are rare, expensive, and the existing ones are Far from expensive, a bargain-basement version would only cost you 100 kUSD in materials. Even at MUSD level, the kill costs at about 1 USD/kill is extremely cost-effective. > (hopefully) well-secured, due to their extremely high value. I > would be more concerned about the possibility of a large swarm -- of > half a million solar powered drones of the approximate size of a > large eagle capable of crossing the oceans and releasing a spray of > bio agents over very large distances.
