The DragonFire will provide Type 45 destroyers with a 50 kW-class laser capable of engaging drone threats at very low cost per shot, about £10, adding a short-range interception layer that reduces reliance on Aster missile stocks and enables repeated engagements without ammunition constraints. (Picture source: Leonardo)
How long until we can optimize war to the point it’s just too billionaires increasing the national debt of countries until 1 side chickens out and nobody gets directly hurt?‽
Better that just the billionaires fight, UFC style, but to the death
The problem with this vision is billionaires are catastrophically bad at adapting, learning and humility, which are the essential skills of war.
Billionaires will have their ass handed to them by anybody fighting them who isn’t controlled by dumbass overconfident billionaires.