One problem here is “With a thinner civil service, the US will have to rely more on trusted defense firms, universities, and NATO partners for shared R&D” and the current administration is treating 2 of those 3 as adversaries to be subdued.
If and when it gets into the field, will they be able to maintain it? It is one thing to build it, whole other thing to keep it running. Top down hierarchies tend to be more interested in possessing things than the mundane task of maintaining them. Small, replacement parts don’t have near the graft opportunities of whole system purchases.
If you’re in a technological arms race, you need to spend the funds if you want to keep up and it starts with the most basic research. Thanks for the analysis.
It was inevitable and will get worse as China relentlessly invests in improved technological capabilities while we rip up our scientific and technological prowess.
Venezuelan fishing boats are easy. The Chinese will not be.
You're very good to be focusing on this tech. But you are underestimating the capability. China has put their quantum focus on photons because they can be integrated into existing infrastructure with the right routers. These boxes are part of an integrated network that allows them collectively to act as a natural "sense" that can "sniff" F22s. Also, this is snarky I know, but radio waves are photons too.
Thank you for the analysis. I am afraid you are underestimating the damage done to US research at the moment. Trump is replacing people who can do science, buy science, lead science etc with his loyal goons. Going deeper and deeper into all organizations that are part of the research ecosystem, be they universities, DArpa, whatever military institutions… this will really hurt the innovation ability. At the same time Trump is alienating all allies so that strategy will not work. But he wouldn’t try to fight China anyhow. Poor Taiwan.
Maybe they can and a lot of very expensive planes are deemed useless. Will know if the Trump hurries to sell them to allies in Europe. The allies in the Middle East buy anything as they have limitless resources!
Ummm... Wouldn't the Austrian Institute of Science and Technology be in Austria (not Australia)?
I had a quick look at the webpage of the Australian Institute of Science and Technology and the contact telephone is a mobile phone, there are factual errors there (e.g. making reference to Wollongong on a page about a campus in Melbourne, stating that Wollongong is the largest city in New South Wales - it certainly isn't, has a photo of a grand sandstone edifice that is in no way associated with a minor institution).
I'm suspicious that the original announcement is a bit of poorly written propaganda
Thanks for the deep dive into US military research. As I was reading this, I kept thinking, "How would the Ukrainians do it?"
I am not sure they need to do that. What they need to do is upgrade their drones.
One problem here is “With a thinner civil service, the US will have to rely more on trusted defense firms, universities, and NATO partners for shared R&D” and the current administration is treating 2 of those 3 as adversaries to be subdued.
They're not doing defence firms any favours either when they go about pissing on allies and repeatedly threatening to abandon aliances
If and when it gets into the field, will they be able to maintain it? It is one thing to build it, whole other thing to keep it running. Top down hierarchies tend to be more interested in possessing things than the mundane task of maintaining them. Small, replacement parts don’t have near the graft opportunities of whole system purchases.
If you’re in a technological arms race, you need to spend the funds if you want to keep up and it starts with the most basic research. Thanks for the analysis.
Claims are cheap…
It was inevitable and will get worse as China relentlessly invests in improved technological capabilities while we rip up our scientific and technological prowess.
Venezuelan fishing boats are easy. The Chinese will not be.
You're very good to be focusing on this tech. But you are underestimating the capability. China has put their quantum focus on photons because they can be integrated into existing infrastructure with the right routers. These boxes are part of an integrated network that allows them collectively to act as a natural "sense" that can "sniff" F22s. Also, this is snarky I know, but radio waves are photons too.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s42254-021-00348-9
Thank you for the analysis. I am afraid you are underestimating the damage done to US research at the moment. Trump is replacing people who can do science, buy science, lead science etc with his loyal goons. Going deeper and deeper into all organizations that are part of the research ecosystem, be they universities, DArpa, whatever military institutions… this will really hurt the innovation ability. At the same time Trump is alienating all allies so that strategy will not work. But he wouldn’t try to fight China anyhow. Poor Taiwan.
Maybe they can and a lot of very expensive planes are deemed useless. Will know if the Trump hurries to sell them to allies in Europe. The allies in the Middle East buy anything as they have limitless resources!
Did you mention bolstering inside spying in China? That seems pretty critical.
Ummm... Wouldn't the Austrian Institute of Science and Technology be in Austria (not Australia)?
I had a quick look at the webpage of the Australian Institute of Science and Technology and the contact telephone is a mobile phone, there are factual errors there (e.g. making reference to Wollongong on a page about a campus in Melbourne, stating that Wollongong is the largest city in New South Wales - it certainly isn't, has a photo of a grand sandstone edifice that is in no way associated with a minor institution).
I'm suspicious that the original announcement is a bit of poorly written propaganda