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A gigantic new ICBM will take US nuclear missiles out of the Cold War-era but add 21st-century risks::A new nuclear missile is coming, a gigantic ICBM called the Sentinel. It marks the largest cultural shift in 60 years in the land leg of the Air Force’s nuclear missile mission.

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 73 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The fact that humanity needs the threat of nukes to maintain peace, says a lot of the disparity between the advancements of our technology and the limitations of our own primitive mentality.

I wish we were more like Star Fleet.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Last time I watched star trek high I almost cried… it’s not fair!!! That could be us but the capitalist scum playin with our lives instead.

Best the world’s oligarch trash can do is the ferengi alliance (the TNG version, not ds9)

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Best the world’s oligarch trash can do is the ferengi alliance

BRB, looking up Quark's "we're better" rant

(the TNG version, not ds9)

Oh wait, never mind.

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There's a whole bunch going on they don't talk about. There may not be money, but there's a shit load of cronyism and politics. I can only imagine the classes too. Who decides who gets land? Who gets a ship? Where me how big is your house? How does one get a job they like? There's still gardeners, construction workers, janitors, plumbers, electricians, fast food workers, and everything else. They've got IDs, so something resembling the DMV still exists too. Who wants that job? Crime 100% still exists at all levels and the courts have proven to be less than fair in many episodes.

I'd argue humans and ferengi are super similar except humans are not as outwardly greedy.

[–] nullPointer@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

even in that world, humans still had to take things to the brink.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

We’re just on the wrong side of the horrible wars that lead to the Federation

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In order for Star Fleet to happen, we'd need WW3.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Why do you think WW3 would finally inspire us to stop killing eachother? What makes you think there will be anything left?

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't you watched Star Trek first contact? They talked about WW3 destroying governments so Cochrane built a Star Ship from an old ICBM with warp drives. Once they go faster than light, Vulcuns visit us and boom... We're a space exploring species. Peace ensues.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The one that Spock comes out of some kind of pod ?

[–] Oderus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. First Contact was the Picard crew.

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yeah, but who was the first Vulcan that arrived on earth ? Wasn't it spock?

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

T'Mir was in 1957.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The three in FC were named T'Pau, Soval, and Solkar.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh good, we just have to rely on an alien intervention after we break the laws of physics in a controlled manner, in the aftermath of a devastating conflict.