“Given the cost of building new platforms and the need to keep them in service for 30 to 50 years or even longer, Admiral Greenert wants them to be more like “trucks”: with plenty of space and power to accommodate different payloads. Some of the Pentagon’s oldest platforms have turned out to be much better trucks than their successors.”
“…global file sharing of designs for serviceable weapons, from pistols on up to ?, that can be printed at home. What you can print — from the materials to the size/quality of the object to the completeness (snap together construction) — is already moving forward quickly. The weapons effort will just be along for the ride.
“HaveBlue” has tested the first “printed” firearm and it works.”
Interesting world we’re now living in, where gun control could overlap with restrictions on file sharing. Important caveat: ammo printing isn’t yet a thing, though low ammo costs make that pretty irrelevant.
