<div dir="ltr"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>The nature of warfare has been fundamentally changed by cheap but intelligent drones, but <span class="gmail_default" style="">H</span>e <span class="gmail_default" style="">W</span>ho <span class="gmail_default" style="">M</span>ust <span class="gmail_default" style="">N</span>ot <span class="gmail_default" style="">B</span>e <span class="gmail_default" style="">N</span>amed still wants to create a fleet of "Trump-Class Battleships" that would cost $17 billion <u>EACH</u> even though<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> thanks to drones<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</span> they would end up being nothing but<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span>hyper expensive coffins for American sailors<span class="gmail_default" style="">. Drones are getting smarter by the day, and our president is getting dumber. </span><br></b></font><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/01/world/video/us-military-bases-iran-strikes-images-invs-digvid?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email"><font size="4" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><b>Most of US military sites in Middle East have been damaged by Iran</b></font></a><br></div><div><br></div><div><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font size="4">John K Clark    See what's on my list at  </font><font size="6"><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Extropolis</a></font></font></b></div><div><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><font size="1" color="#ffffff">dPO</font><br></div>