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2005-09-21 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Huporong Snash6523 2005-09-21 19:34|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 When all you have is a hammer, everything in the world looks like a nail.
Whan all you know about war is Vietnam, everything in the world looks like a quagmire.
When all you know about high tech can be defined by a 70s movie, then everything is Star Wars.

Too many in MSM live in far too small worlds. Must be the mirror they keep preening in.

Posted by Elmaigum Glunter5343 2005-09-21 21:10|| 2005-09-21 21:10|| Front Page Top

#2 I just wonder why the military is publicizing this system so much? On the surface it would seem to be magnificant against other aircraft, A2A and S2A missiles, and god knows what all else. So why tell everybody?

It would explain why combat aircraft production is becoming more oriented towards high speed/high performance drones, with just a few manned aircraft. But something is missing here. I would think that this should be classified to the point of insanity until needed.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-21 21:37|| 2005-09-21 21:37|| Front Page Top

#3 Moose, you're right on many levels. These are important, but not for the stated reasons and uses. Laws of physics are unclassified and unusually resistant to change no matter how many words are written.

Posted by RWV 2005-09-21 22:33|| 2005-09-21 22:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Anonymoose,

You tell folks what you're getting ready to field and then field it because you're covering for something better that's in the backfield.

Reference Nature from a couple months or so ago. Berkeley scientists have developed tabletop high energy particle beams using laser wakefield technology. Particle beams are shorter-ranged, but still highly effective devices although they're also energy hogs.

Now, if you can build a tabletop model...and Berkeley doesn't power theirs using a nuclear reactor. Their power comes right off the grid...

You oughtta' see some of the laser and x-ray devices they've got up there. There's some stuff that'll kill you with lethal radiation so fast you won;t even know you're dead.

Posted by LC FOTSGreg">LC FOTSGreg 2005-09-21 23:35|| 2005-09-21 23:35|| Front Page Top

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