Big, easy targets in modern warfare. AKA dumb ways to die.

Started by rcjordan, November 05, 2026, 12:58:57 PM

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rcjordan

Aircraft carriers
Power generation
Undersea cables
Data centers (any location, including underground or in orbit)

Ukraine's drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers - Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/11/russia-looks-to-hide-data-centers-underground-as-ukrainian-drones-strike-back/

Brad


ergophobe

Launch centers.

But going back to the "bomber mafia" before WWII, a big one is water infrastructure. I forget the number but it was something like seven direct hit bombs would destroy NYC water infrastructure and within days thereafter the city would descend into chaos and create major distraction from any war effort. Multiplied by a dozen cities and you cripple a country.

Such bombings would violate the Geneva Convention so instead they claimed to be targeting military production and then carpet bombed the cities of Germany and Japan. And France. I was talking to a French guy who said that more people were killed in his town in NE France by Allied bombers than by the Nazis.

rcjordan