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I don't know that I'd believe that, but it also wouldn't surprise me.
i think there's a defcon talk from a decade ago about what it would actually take to have a "self-destruct button" like in movies just for some servers or hard drives and i don't think any capitalist would justify the expense when they can have somebody else pay for aerial bombardment or some shit.
Sure, absolutely. But, otoh, if it's the US Military behind it, then money's no object. My initial thought on something like a self destruct would be that if I could use it so could my enemies... But, that was also my concern about massive data collection and surveillance states, and that didn't stop them so...😅🤷♂️
Edit: but yeah aerial bombardment is what I would expect.
Pressing the comically large self-destruct button, but nothing happens because Raytheon cut corners and skimped on the fuse
Sort of, there's a lot that can go wrong with long term self-destruct systems that mean that it's unrealistically expensive or a huge risk to the thing you're trying to "protect".