Mapped your run? Found the nearest Starbucks? Thank the British Empire and the Cold War.
GPS is a great example of how our day-to-day lives are changed by military spending for national security. It’s a tale of high seas adventure, precision time-keeping, lemming-like driving, and traveling on Mars … read the whole story here
https://sticksandstones.substack.com/p/gps-mapped-your-run
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@daum3ns I'm not trying to say that you *should* end a war with weapons.
There is a subset of War Studies, War Termination, that looks at how wars end, which I discovered after reading your post.
Wars often end through demonstrations of force in battle that lead to negotiations or outright surrender - and that can come through more weapons.
Increasingly there are attempts to reach a negotiated peace without that - but they require both sides to have good faith.
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An excellent article for beginners, veterans, or anyone even remotely interested in #strategy.
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https://www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/on-efficacy-a-beginners-guide-to-strategic-theory/
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Excellent post by @WarintheFuture Thanks for the heads up on this book. Looking fwd to reading it.
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https://twitter.com/WarintheFuture/status/1368282771819487235
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