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by zomg 461 days ago
the fear mongering is real with this article, sheesh.

anything can be a "weapon of war" if desired. actors are using broken up bike chains for shrapnel in IEDs. is my huffy a weapon of war? :/

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Drones, artillery, and cruise missiles/air-to-surface missiles are the most effective weapons in the biggest modern non-insurgency war of the past decade (Ukraine).

Small arms (guns) and tanks are not.

A bike chain or your huffy is also not. Care to point to a source suggesting broken up bike chains have been a big part of the most recent, modern military war?

But it's not fear-mongering. It's not exaggeration.

So, it's a real concern.

It absolutely is both fear mongering and exaggerations. The two things the article talks about is cameras and fiber optic wire. Hardly weapons of war.
I agree. Both items are only useful in situations where extensive jamming is happening.

The far more dangerous thing would be explosives and those are not available from the listed sources. Weapons of war don’t do much if they don’t go boom.