Should the US Convert its military to a technology-driven guerilla model?

For the price of a good aircraft carrier, you could buy a whole bunch of iPhones and coffee cans full of nails. We could contract with Russia when we needed an armored vehicle taken out, sort of like we do now for space payloads.

Assad uses chems again? We blow his hands off next time he opens his mailbox. Total cost of the operation would depend on what an old iPhone goes for on eBay that day.

I'll bet you laughed until you cried when you thought of that.

Lefties laughed at Reagan's "Star Wars" initiative. Israel is now routinely knocking missiles out the sky. Threats come in many forms and must be dealt with in many different ways. Like the police, the defence community is always playing catch-up and I would not presume to criticize or second guess it.

Coffee cans full of nails are not "technology-driven." a guerrilla model would put defense companies out of business. But, yes.