Oh, I don't know, Ed. Effective range of 20,000 yards, no batteries or electronics to fail, 60 years old and still going strong. I wouldn't call that useless. JMHO.
These are still very useful.
You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.
You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell