scmp.comPosted Oct 31, 2019, 6:21 PM UTC
So, the US policy is that when there’s a fire, “OMG! Turn on the Chinese drone!😭”
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Still bitter about the 737 Max fiasco? lol
BWAHAHAHA, gotta love the absolute state of US national security. They might as well shut down all their planes and all their computers if they're afraid of China hacking into their electronics.
US govt doing all they can to burn bridges with China..
The USA needs an external enemy to heal their fractured domestic politics.
Once a bridge is burned, it's difficult to rebuild it again..
Chinese companies have learned to avoid American components like the plague. Chinese people have learned that "liberal democracy and human rights" are rhetorical bullshit used as weapons against China. Etc.
The Trade War is a useful instructional experience for China and its people, and also for the rest of the world.
Concurred. Now the smokescreen is gone and everyone can see what's really going on..
You misspelt 'hide'
They can burn their bridges all they want, I rather like mines. China isn't my enemy.
Pretty stupid
So... In what situation other than emergencies would the US Govt use drones for?
Dude this rules. The MSS should circulate some rumors that all Chinese assembled computers (you know, literally all of them) have built in backdoors that are feeding data to China.
Imagine America telling everyone to turn off their computers for months as they try to find the non-existent backdoor.
They should demand everyone in the US to hand in any electronics with Chinese components and have them be destroyed. America was in better shape in the 20th century anyway.
I like this idea, it might finally result in the yank riots I want.
Welcome back to ISOLATIONISM.
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whelp i guess in 5 years there will be a US only drone that this department will use made by some department head's buddy that charges the US tax payer about 10x the cost that DJI would charge while being about 1/2 as useful.
It might even come with the same feature on the 737 Max that makes the drone fly downwards into the ground.
Fortunately, zero on board casualty was reported.
So they're good enough for emergency and life threatening applications, but somehow insufficient for everyday use. Riiiiiighhhhttt.
And that buddy will give talks on Youtube about how great it is to be an entrepreneur and have the vision to change the world.