I was an adult through the Reagan "Star Wars" years. Those advances were just the public facing advances. Guarandamnteed they have way more than what they told anyone. Hell, even the starting point then was probably decades more advanced than we were told.
And that all happened 40 years ago. Its just like weather modification. They were cloud seeding pre 1920. Just because you havent seen it, you cant believe that the tech hasnt advanced very significantly in the more than 100 years since then. I tell my dad this all the time when he dismisses any claims about weather modification.
We have a bunch of what I call cool toys. We should have several more than we do. They tend to spend a lot of money on crap before someone kicks them in the ass and they throw money at it. Usually well after they were given the solution and for a lot less money.
We have had the capability for over 20 years. We should have come up with defense measures for ourselves in that amount of time.
I was an adult through the Reagan "Star Wars" years. Those advances were just the public facing advances. Guarandamnteed they have way more than what they told anyone. Hell, even the starting point then was probably decades more advanced than we were told.
And that all happened 40 years ago. Its just like weather modification. They were cloud seeding pre 1920. Just because you havent seen it, you cant believe that the tech hasnt advanced very significantly in the more than 100 years since then. I tell my dad this all the time when he dismisses any claims about weather modification.
We have a bunch of what I call cool toys. We should have several more than we do. They tend to spend a lot of money on crap before someone kicks them in the ass and they throw money at it. Usually well after they were given the solution and for a lot less money.