Well if one goes inside you you're fucked so technically yes!

The heads up display isn't something you see in front of you like most planes. The helmets are the heads up display, like augmented reality.

There are cameras all over the plane to help you see through the aircraft (see ground targets through the floor, nearby aircraft through your wing). Think of the resolution and bitrate needed to make it useful!

Just like how an apache gunner can simply look at a target to aim the gun at them you can do the same thing. And if you can't hit it it's still marked for every allied plane in the airspace to see. If you are out of missiles but you are tracking an enemy plane miles ahead, you can send the data to an F-15 miles behind you and let their missiles lock and fire from farther than they can engage alone.

With that in mind the radar is awesome letting it see threats from greater distances than the opposition, with the stealth capabilities good enough to keep them from easily doing the same.

I'm sure there are other surprises too, but the military obviously wants to keep those a secret

"We did our research!" (flat earthing intensifies)

I'm kidding I see your point

Now I won't be able to unsee it

"tRuSt tHe sCieNCe!"

This is a joke of course...well kinda. When science is done well it can change the world. Who would be against that?

I don't like the phrase because while the process of science seeks to be as factual and unbiased as possible those in the scientific community are still human. They are fallible, corruptible and can do things for their own personal gain or profit. So to me it could mistakenly misunderstood as "trust science blindly"

But "Trust the science that is validated by multiple reputable sources" just doesn't roll off the tongue as nicely

Hey it worked in metal gear solid 3

No no no we just fill the plates with tannerite and ball bearings so as soon as a shooter hits a backpack the shooter is taken out AND ends the suffering of the victims!

Honestly it's not off the table and it would be easier than completely overhauling our firearm sale/posession systems. Have a box of them in a classoom in case of emergency, just like having a fire extinguisher or first aid kit.

Soft armor doesn't stop rifle rounds. Plate carriers are heavy and suck to move around in. Sizing is another issue since most are made for men not kids. But maybe it would be a good investment since they can be stored and reused for quite a while

I genuinely think that improving access to mental health resources would do more good. Find out what is causing a small subset of kids to want to shoot people and usually themselves. Guns are a symptom not the core issue imo

Were they bullied? Did the faculty care? What did the family situation look like? Were requests for help ignored?

I think it would help with the overall trend of more depressed/suicidal kids too.

It would suck if poison ivy tea tasted really good

To me it seems like comparing Western industry with China's that China is way better at making stuff that is good enough to work but simple enough to mass produce things like crazy. And that's most of what you need in a war.

Force multipliers are great, but sheer force can't be discounted either.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk

I genuinely think the best practical use of AI, especially language models is malicious manipulation. Propaganda/advertising bots. There's a joke that reddit is mostly bots. I know there's some countermeasures to sniff them out but think about it.

I'll keep reddit as the example because I know it best. Comments are simple puns, one liner jokes, or flawed/edgy opinions. But people also go to reddit for advice/recommendations that you can't really get elsewhere.

Using an LLM AI I could in theory make tons of convincing recommendations. I get payed by a corporation or state entity to convince lurkers to choose brand A over brand B, to support or disown a political stance or to make it seem like tons of people support it when really few do.

And if it's factually incorrect so what? It was just some kind stranger™ on the internet