| From: | Neal A Porter <nap@*****.PHYSICS.SWIN.OZ.AU> |
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| Subject: | Re: 'cyber'ing cops/infantry |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Nov 1993 14:42:33 +1100 |
post.
Say each cop is equiped as Ivy mentioned, with 263knY worth of
cyber. Now that makes them pretty effective individually. Others
have raised the point about cops operating as a group rather than as
individuals so I wont go down this path, even though I agree with
it. I will instead tackle the problem from a cost perspective.
Lets say that in Seattle that there are about 5000 active cops,
with more cops in the non action divisions, such as communications.
These 5000 are just street officers. If each of them cost 263knY to
kit out with cyber you get a grand cost for cyber enhancement of
1.315bnY, yes 1.315 BILLION nY. And this is just for one city.
Multiple this over the UCAS and you have a huge cost bill. If all
nations on the planet {assume 2B people left} has an average of one
cop per 2000 citizens you are left with 1M cops. Each of which
costs 263knY.
Total cost for world police security
26300000000nY, or 283 billion nY. A bit overpriced I think,
and these number are assumeing a very low percentage of cops, in
first world nations the police percentage runs at about 1/200, or a
staggering 2830 billion nY. There is NO way that any police force in
the world would be willing to 263K on ANY officer, its just not
worth it.
Now lets look at the estimate for an infantry solder 243K per
wo/man. A single line company (130 bodies) would cost 31.59 million.
Compare this with an line company with say only SGL's, costing 0.325
million. You can now equip 97 companies for the same price. And no
matter what you can say if you place 97 uncybered people in with one
cybered person, that one may take out 10 of them but they will get
the cyber dude. Remember, that cost effectiveness is whats at stake
here, any placing 243knY of equipment in every trooper is NOT!. Huge
'cyberwear'ing of individuals would only be cost effective for certain
branches of the military, such as combat pilots, tanks, special forces
{ And I mean squad sized units here, not divisions }, etc. Where the
performance increase warrents the increased cost.
The placement of high tech cyberwear on individual line troops is
stupid. The USA didn't win the Gulf war because their infantry had
better equipment, they won because their tanks, aircraft, helos,
ships, communications and intellegence were better. Using brains
will always make up for the use of brute force.
Adeus.
