Sometimes, the military finds ways to give the American taxpayer a bargain. Precision, for example, can save a few bucks while still allowing the United States military to un-alive bad guys; just ask anyone who is familiar with the careers of Carlos Hathcock or Chris Kyle. Instead of pouring machine-gun, rifle, and mortar fire down range, they were adept at knocking off bad guys with one .30 caliber round – and the taxpayers saved some money, in addition to which the bad guys became maladjusted at the realization that if they stuck their heads up, the last thing to go through their minds is likely to be 180 grains of America.
Sometimes, we can do it by using lower tech, too. This brings us to a recent concern expressed by the action Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral James Kilby, about how expensive the missiles are that we are using to revoke the birth…
