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    1 year ago

    The CIWS Phalanx has been doing this since the 70s. The main point is that it’s implying something new about it’s semi-autonomous nature that hasnt previously been used and is thus noteworthy. A handgun automates much of labour involved with applying kinetic force to another human being, reducing it down to a button press that anyone can do.

    Trying to suggest this is somehow newsworthy and that they arent just fishing for clickbait headlines is silly.