Why don’t we leverage the pinpoint accuracy of intelligent guidance systems and the safety of unmanned aerial vehicles to fight forest fires by dropping water and/or retardant?

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Why don’t we leverage the pinpoint accuracy of intelligent guidance systems and the safety of unmanned aerial vehicles to fight forest fires by dropping water and/or retardant?

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A tomahawk missile costs 1.5 million dollars and carries a payload of 1,000 pounds.

That’s about 119 gallons of water, or less than one minute of using a fire hose.

Over a million bucks to spray a firehose for 45 seconds…

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