I know that will have insane cost overruns. But I meant an actual, nonsense system of “gee-whiz-bang” laser (etc) tech that will never work because having it work was a big lie to begin with. This project would be at least a multi-trillion dollar intentional boondoggle created to routinely suck up ginormous amounts of cash. Star Wars 1.0 was designed that way but it never actually - cough - got off the ground.
I know that will have insane cost overruns. But I meant an actual, nonsense system of “gee-whiz-bang” laser (etc) tech that will never work because having it work was a big lie to begin with. This project would be at least a multi-trillion dollar intentional boondoggle created to routinely suck up ginormous amounts of cash. Star Wars 1.0 was designed that way but it never actually - cough - got off the ground.
Exactly. Also China already managed to humiliate them greatly with the magnetic cannon, and will even more in the future.