On 08/29/2018 07:07 PM, Steven Schear wrote:
> Stingers seem to be the deciding element for the Soviets in their
> withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Arguably yes. But they got them from the US. They didn't build them in
caves. Now AK-47 clones, they're very good at :)

> Wasn't it Isaac Asimov that used gene-targeted assassination as the major
> plot element in one of his stories?

I don't remember. I do recall that William S. Burroughs more or less
based his last trilogy on biological weapons: _Cities of the Red Night_,
_The Place of Dead Roads_ and _The Western Lands_.

> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 7:04 PM Mirimir <mirimir@riseup.net> wrote:
>
>> On 08/29/2018 04:32 PM, Steve Kinney wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 08/29/2018 06:05 PM, Steven Schear wrote:
>>>
>>>> No popular insurrection against a modern military has occurred mainly
>>>> due to the lack of easy and affordable access of smart weapons.
>>>
>>> Define "smart weapon."
>>>
>>>> broad
>>>> interpretation of DD's right to publish its 3D plans might soon lead to
>>>> practical TOW, Stinger and other smart weapons that could neutralize
>>>> commonly deployed advanced military tech.
>>>
>>> Pardon my language, but your ignorance on this subject matter appears to
>>> be absolute.  The sentence above presents as meaningless and
>>> embarrassing noise, to an audience that understands the technology you
>>> are talking about.  The CPunks list has more than enough engineers and
>>> technicians to assure "no sale" for your ignorant bullshit.
>>>
>>> :o)
>>
>> Biological weapons are arguably the only option with enough force
>> asymmetry. But then, victory would be rather hollow ;) Unless, I
>> suppose, one could target particular shared sets of genetic alleles
>> (loosely, "races"). But then, governments are certainly doing just that,
>> with far more resources.
>>
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