Computer Says Kill: How a Calculator Company Reshaped Modern Warfare w/ Jeff Stern

Computer Says Kill: How a Calculator Company Reshaped Modern Warfare w/ Jeff Stern

Precision weapons are meant to make warfare more exact. But what happens when the executive branch uses precision as an excuse to make more war and target with less and less accountability for accuracy?

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In part two of Computer Says Kill, Jeff Stern shares how a calculator company transformed modern warfare by making more precise weapons. After the Second World War, the US military wanted to be able to wage more war and target with more accuracy. At first it was about saving American troops. Over time it became a permission structure for more executive control over lethal force.

What does this history tell us about the role of precision and accountability in war?

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