Many people decry the research and development expenditures that go into building our nation's war toys, technologies which will eventually help protect our national defense. However, it appears to me that this is completely shortsighted, because much of the research and technology that comes from DOD research eventually ends up as transfer technologies that can be used in the private sector. And when it does it creates new job opportunities, new companies, and brings things to our society and civilization which make us run more efficiently, often solving some of the tough challenges we face.
Let's take the incredible advances in unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV systems. Consider if you will all the civilian applications for UAVs, or other purposes that the government can use to protect the American people. Surely, no one has a problem using UAVs to track drug dealers, or to use UAVs to give more information to fire fighters while they fight wildfires out in California. And I am sure everyone wants us to use unmanned aerial vehicles for tracking hurricanes which might hit our coasts.
But have you ever considered that UAVs are also used to take air pollution samples from the atmosphere, or to keep track of endangered species, or bird and whale migrations? How about using these technologies to search for mineral deposits, or oil? Those are all good purposes for unmanned aerial vehicles.
It also makes sense for UAVs to help patrol our freeways, and to keep Americans safe. Having such reliable eyes in the sky is a wonderful thing, especially considering the complex flows of our civilization.
Personally, I am all for expanding the civilian unmanned aerial vehicle market, and I am glad that our government and Department of Defense has brought forth these technologies, which can make our civilization which more efficient future. Indeed, I hope you will please consider all this.
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