The Trump administration is considering plans to create a squad of 600 National Guard soldiers who would be ready to deploy into U.S. cities to tackle civil unrest, according to a report.

As part of the “Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force,” troops would be equipped with weapons and riot gear, ready to deploy within an hour under the proposals, which could cost hundreds of millions of dollars, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post.

Troops would be split in half, with 300 stationed at headquarters in Alabama and 300 in Arizona, according to the newspaper.

  • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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    18 hours ago

    .50bmg is about $5-$10 a round, on the low end, but depending on how tight spacing is, you probably wouldn’t need 600

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          16 hours ago

          Cave Johnson here, why do we not use the whole bullet? Sure you fire a bit of lead but imagine what you could do if you fired the brass and powder as well? So I got the boys down in the lab working on it, they created something called a coilgun. Don’t really know or care what that means but you should care, because we are going to give you one to fight the ever growing army of mantis men! Don’t worry they don’t eat people.