[Madhouse61]

Off topic but somewhat related... As of late, I've really enjoyed watching FPV racing drone footage on YouTube. And it's made wonder - if commercial drones currently on the market are capable of this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/mMmBC2nwcjY?feature=share3

What do you get when you have a multi-billion dollar defense budget and some of the best engineers on the planet?

[emmelaich]

Also check out Dutch drone shows. Amazing co-ordination among hundreds of drones.

[incrudible]

> What do you get when you have a multi-billion dollar defense budget and some of the best engineers on the planet?

A huge waste.

[mostlysimilar]

I don't think 80 years of global peace and safe international trade have been a huge waste.

[phs318u]

> 80 years of global peace and safe international trade

Sorry but that's a rather myopic take. A significant portion of the world would claim they've experienced nothing of the sort.

[op00to]

Nothing on the scale of WWII.

[nmeagent]

Hey, we can have both huge waste and 80 years of global(ish) peace with safe(ish) international trade.

[incrudible]

Did you get that history lesson from a Raytheon marketing brochure?

[zakki]

An UFO?