Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "Analyzing Military Technology - Javelin and Maverick Missiles" video.

  1. As someone who's looked into what it takes to become a "defence developer" / "legal licenced firearm dealer" I can confirm that the rules vary dramatically from country to country. In Europe they take the attitude of "clean record, correct qualifications (usually mech eng or elec eng), experience, intent and ability to afford the licences" unlike places like Australia, New Zealand or Canada where they try to limit it to "those already licenced - i.e. no new people" and "we'd rather just leave it to the big names - screw anything new". This makes Australia, New Zealand and Canada horrible places to do anything even slightly considered "defence related" as you're basically never going to get licenced. "Defence Related" means anything that has a military use or capability requires the correct licences to design, produce or sell (some exceptions apply for use by citizens or if the equipment is "dual purpose" and officially permitted as long as it remains within the country), this includes but isn't limited to: * encryption * radios / comms equipment * signal analysers * oscilloscopes * maps / mapping software (excluding Google Maps, etc.) * codes and ciphers * equipment cases * anything drone related - note that it could be a ground, water or air based drone * recovery equipment (for data or for retrieving physical objects * new manufacturing methods * compression software * biometric equipment, software and methods * Anything AI * Surveillance equipment (other than a basic security camera) * Weapons and Firearms * Body Armour * Camping equipment * etc.
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