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This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Hrolf Hakonson" (Feb 6th 2007, 2:12pm)
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First you have to figure out what it is, then how it effects you, and then if it's worth the research time to duplicate and adopt.
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British radar development started with a 'death ray' and a meeting at the experimental sound mirror (facing Paris). Germany missed centimetric radar development over a misunderstanding a meeting.
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btw; Astronomy = Navigation, too.
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All the mysterious construction and dredging in the arctic might be a concern tho...
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My problem with hindsight is optimising designs for a replay of WWII, which just isn't going to happen.
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Probably small scale skirmishes as countries are unlikely to want to slip into a total war scenario that could leave them totally destroyed.
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But short of some kind of ritualized (or in our case, scripted) conflict, can you convince the other guy to stick with a skirmish without being able to threaten total destruction? Seems to me you've still got to present the worst possible threat you can, whether or not you intend to use it.
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