You know, #32 might actually be something to think about twice. RoE for warships, fighters etc.
Either they know what it is and deliberately ignore it or something else is going on. I'm sorry but the largest and most elaborate military in the history of the world
isn't just sitting there watching the light show. Restraint in the face of an unknown, maybe being in awe at amazing capability causes hesitation, but at some point the rubber has to meet the road and if these things are such a prevalent phenomenon there HAS to be a reaction and the RoE would have to be addressed. I wouldn't expect that to be made public but if you were to CO of
Omaha wouldn't you be wondering?
Hypersonics and close in drone defense are not on the menu, they're waiting for the waitress to pick up and bring to you real soon.
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