This is precisely the point. What if that system of barrage balloons as ill-advised as it might have been had precluded the development of radio electronic detection? That is what I am saying, is that I think we are ill-advised to preclude one form of technology until we understand where it might lead. That, I think, is precisely the issue.
Discussing the implications of technological development and the risks of precluding certain technologies.
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