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by didgeoridoo 2602 days ago
The alternative to guided missiles isn’t peace, it’s carpet bombing.
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The planes needed to drop those bombs have software too.
It's perfectly possible to build very devistating weapons without computers. For example Little Boy & Enola Gay; and Fat Man and Bockscar. The Uranium, Plutonium, and Hydrogen bombs we're built without and do not contain computer. Ditto for the P38, B29, F104, &c.

Software makes our world go round, but it's not a necessity.

This person gets it.