A Continent-Wide Switzerland?
Mike Blessing
Neil --
What you're proposing in your reposted article Radically Decentralized
Defense [http://ncc-1776.org/tle2009/tle522-20090607-04.html] is nothing
more than a continent-wide version of the Swiss Confederation, commonly
known as Switzerland.
I don't say this to disparage your article, but to support it by showing
that <b>YES</b> there <b>IS</b> historical precedent on hand for your
idea. In fact, I wholeheartedly endorse it, and further note that a
significant number of America's Founders would have supported it, as well.
An addition, though -- current (OK, government-sponsored) laser research
is expanding to levels you're only hinting at in this article. At
present,they're working on truck-mountable units capable of shooting
down artillery shells and mortar rounds in flight. Where I say "working
on," I don't mean <i>developing the technology</i>, I mean <i>getting
ready for field deployment</i>. Add to that the fact that they've
<i>already</i> deployed laser units (again, mounted on a truck) for use
in destroying IEDs from a distance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser#Lasers_as_weapons
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactical_high_energy_laser#Demonstrator
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Mike Blessing
> Thanks, Mike. I was aware I was following a Swiss model to a degree.
> As to the lasers, remember I wrote the article 30 years ago.
> N.
Not a problem.
What did you think of my article titled "Nukes and the Second
Amendment?"