think about it...rationally.
The technology is multifaceted and would work on any future battlefiled...the IED is a terrorist weapon, whether in Irag or elsewhere. So, IMHO, funds well spent if research leads to workable battlefield solutions to threats posed by IEDs.
"So, IMHO, funds well spent if research leads to workable battlefield solutions to threats posed by IEDs."
Billions? What in on earth could we be spending billions on? research? How can a human bomb be neutralized by an EMP? We are spending billions on IEDs in Iraq, and millions of illegal aliens cross our borders daily. What could stop them from buying a scalped ticket from the newspaper and walk in a NCAA final four sporting event and do their damage? You must work the pyramid. Kill the leaders and known nation-state supporters and smash the bricks on the way down, destroying the corporate knowledge along the way. Export knowledge, jobs, freedom, hope. The last time this planet was at this point was the beginning of the dark ages. And now we have migrating birds carrying a deadly virus around the world. Sounds like Stephen King.