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1. jmathai · 1790105218 · focus · HN ↗

   > The Minab site, which was cataloged as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facility due to outdated data, was fed into Maven with other candidates and came out as a recommended day-one target. Target-list work that once took hours was condensed into minutes.

   I feel like we're optimizing the wrong metric here.

   1. seizethecheese · 1790108198 · focus · HN ↗

      Even ignoring the risk of civilian casualties (which to be clear should be weighed heavily) it’s just bad ROI. Like each missile probably costs more than the extra targeting work they should have done.

      1. ambicapter · 1790108448 · focus · HN ↗

         probably -> definitely

         These missiles cost a couple million each.

         1. seizethecheese · 1790109620 · focus · HN ↗

            Yeah, totally, I’m being cautious because I don’t know how large the team is that would spend a few more hours, but under most assumptions you’re right.

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