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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 The Minab site, which was cataloged as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps facility due to outdated data, was fed into Maven with other candidates and came out as a recommended day-one target.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. lovich · 1790117847 · focus · HN ↗

         Well you see you don’t understand. We’re America, the biggest and best military like no one’s ever seen.

         We have the largest stocks of missiles ever. We can build them faster than we use them and cheaper than anyone else. So you’re a liar saying it would have saved money doing it any other way

         /s

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