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Winning the war isn't the biggest problem, not losing the peace is, otherwise you get another ISIS, or worse.

Oh, and civilians die by tens or hundreds of thousands.

It's unconstitutional for Japan's military to be anything other than a defensive organization.

Now, in practice, they have all sorts of creative ways to get around that, one of which is linguistic tricks and "technically it's not an aircraft carrier, it's a...".

I know they were pushing through constitutional changes, or at least proposing them in the last few years, but I'm not sure if that's been approved yet, or not. A simple Google search could yield an answer, but I'm too lazy at the moment.

No worries, I didn't realize that you hadn't actually read the article before making your comments.

So, you can disregard my comments where I had incorrectly assumed we both actually read the linked LA Times story.

My other comments about how it's factually incorrect to say methamphetamine and Adderall are the same, those are still in bounds. Right?

Just FYI counterfeit pills sold in Mexico are either made by the cartels, or they're fake placebo bullshit (both types are mentioned in said article).

I put no words in your mouth. I took your response, briefly explained why it was wrong, and then further expanded on why it was dangerous.

Your words:

Not to mention the pharmacological effects of methamphetamine are indistinguishable from Adderall when taken orally in similar doses

It is, but it's very rare. It's mostly used for issues like narcolepsy, as it's significantly more stimulating then amphetamine salts.

This is objectively false.

Setting aside the issue of QA and how and in what conditions this methamphetamine is being produced, no, the pharmacological effects of methamphetamine are NOT just the same as Adderall (blend of 4 different amphetamine salts).

It's also not prescribed for ADHD, except in rare circumstances. It's mostly prescribed for conditions like narcolepsy, because it's significantly more psychoactive then amphetamine salts, and that's BEFORE you factor in issue of these being cartel produced counterfeit pressed meth pills vs production in an actual pharmaceutical laboratory with the accompanying conditions and controls.

Of all the things to critique in his reply, swapping a couple letters in the acronym should be the last.

TBH, I sometimes have to say the full name in my head to prevent myself from making the same mistake.

The most charitable take on their reply is that it was rushed after skimming half a dozen Wikipedia articles.

But it's so disconnected from the topic, that it feels like something else is going on...

Sir, this Wendy's is aboard a USN vessel.

CIWS is used for short range anti-projectile and air defense, not mounted to drones...

Also, the offensive weapon platform used has nothing to do whether drones become "killbots", that's determined by the decision making and control mechanisms e.g. man vs machine vs augmented.

More like electronic warfare, CIWS, and anti-air guns with air burst ammunition.

This isn't a new, or particularly rare problem, and we already have solutions. For now, the USN just positioned what it had nearby: missile destroyers. Which by the way, also can provide coverage over a significantly larger area than the more cost efficient solutions.

They'll possibly either bring in smaller boats as escorts with cheaper anti-drone effective systems (CIWS, EW, AA guns, etc.), or perhaps start adding soldiers with portable crew serviced systems on select ships, regardless, as long as the area is covered by AEGIS, they'll be able to knock out whatever comes.

That's not really accurate, even if it's not entirely inaccurate.

The Winter War, like many Russian (Soviet) victories, was initially an exercise in bloodletting and embarrassment. The Stalinist purges lead the Red Army to be comically ill prepared for a winter invasion against a prepared Finnish defense (aided by Germany), but the war still ended with the Soviets gaining additional territory.

*This is NOT intended as a parallel for any current events, just commentary on some historical ones.