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Your theory assumes an endless supply of money. Only one group or nation has an endless supply of money, that being the US. OUrcurrency is not backed by silver or gold. It is backed by petro-dollars, which forces almost all nations to buy oil in dollars.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to poison our food and water?
Better yet, poison Budweiser and Coors.
Actually, my theory assumes that this fleet of tiny robots would be substantially cheaper to build than what we're already building so an endless supply of money wouldn't be required. And, they would be cheaper to build because we're already spending billions on individual aircraft. So, how many fist sized toy helicopters could you make for a billion dollars? Even assuming you were outfitting them with a kind of dart gun and face recognition software, I'm sure they would be a lot cheaper. And certainly cheaper than poisoning a country's or city's water or food supply which would necessitate an expensive cleanup when you moved in as a conquering army.
People hunting mini bots also leave infrastructure intact and non radioactive!
God, I can hear the salesmen now.
AmericanIdiot: "Wouldn't it be cheaper to poison our food and water?"
Yes, indeed, when it comes to killing others, the human imagination is limitless. I don't want to give any ideas to terrorists, but even I could come up with a few effective methods. However, why expand any efforts on finding new ways when there are tried and true methods, like the smallpox infected blankets given to Native tribes by the British.
http://www.nativeweb.org/pages/legal/amherst/lo...