I predicted the end of the Soviet missile threat as soon as our anti-missile systems caught up with our human weapon systems.
We’ve had several generations of kids growing up to fight interstellar aliens or whatnot using joysticks and push-button weapons. My guess is they’d be bored by having a twenty-minute window to shoot down a missile.
The new UAV weapons are perfect for these kids. They’re pre-trained in many ways.
He was FLOORED. “The Americans are training their youth in computer assisted warfare! No wonder they didn’t want me to see!” he thought. Then he heard a different sound, the sound of a quarter falling into a slot, and he realized it wasn’t a conspiracy to train our youth in computer assisted warfare, it was a conspiracy to separate a 15 year old from his quarters. At that point he realized Communism was doomed.
And having U.S. soldiers who already know how to drive a car, fly a flight simulator, shoot a gun, and operate a joystick; have been an invaluable aid to our war readiness for generations.