Ignoring the dumb headline, Joel Kotkin has an interesting story on the new tech hub in the South Bay. I helped set up some of the plant visits for it.
Ignoring the dumb headline, Joel Kotkin has an interesting story on the new tech hub in the South Bay. I helped set up some of the plant visits for it.
Given all the start-ups with names taken from Tolkein, I think “the Gundo” can now rival New Zealand as a province of Middle Earth.
I don’t know what is possible with drones, but I hope there has been some thought given to proactive protection for places like El Segundo and Boca Chica, before the Pearl Harbor-like drone attacks come onto our infrastructure. Both locations are on the water, which might make them easier targets, but it also means that, if there is some sort of defense possible, you might be able to splash them over the water and avoid colateral damage to the surrounding areas.
Very fair point. One hopes the architects of Golden Dome don’t entirely overlook the surface and low-altitude air threats. There was a time, before ICBMs, when those were the only threats that mattered. There are still a few crumbling remnants in coastal regions of So. CA of the erstwhile Nike anti-aircraft missile emplacements built during the Eisenhower administration. We could well see something comparable – if more up-to-date – appear again.
If you are in the SF Bay Area, checkout the Nike base/museum in the Marin headlands and the Spanish American War gun emplacements guarding the Golden Gate.