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2008-05-24 Science & Technology

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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2008-05-24 03:08|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I wonder if instead of 1 gun below the radar, putting 2 guns, one each side of the radar, might increase the effectiveness at low extra cost (I'm guessing most of the cost is the radar.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-05-24 07:25|| 2008-05-24 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Turning down a desperately needed system in wartime is imbecilic, unless it comes with demands or restrictions that are unacceptable.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-24 08:36|| 2008-05-24 08:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Bright Pebbles, that would increase the mechanical unreliability. Doubling the number of moving parts and increasing the load on the moving platform would only lead to more beakdowns. Which as everyone knows happens at the most inopportune time. :)

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839">AlmostAnonymous5839 2008-05-24 09:14|| 2008-05-24 09:14|| Front Page Top

#4 "Another advantage of C-RAM, is that it makes a distinctive noise when firing"

I'll testify to that.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-24 10:21|| 2008-05-24 10:21|| Front Page Top

#5 Plus everyne knows R2D2 is a good firend to have

Posted by OldSpook 2008-05-24 10:23|| 2008-05-24 10:23|| Front Page Top

#6 OldSpook: Yeah, "distinctive noise". I gather that standing on the deck of a ship while one of those sumbitches is firing is like being a grain of rice on a drumhead during a snare drum roll.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-24 11:28|| 2008-05-24 11:28|| Front Page Top

#7 I nominate OldSpook for simile of the year.

Posted by 3dc 2008-05-24 11:44|| 2008-05-24 11:44|| Front Page Top

#8 I don't know about the C-RAM, but in 1972 my ship was the test bed for one the early Phalanxes. It does indeed have a distinctive noise, and it fills the air with ~~lead~~ depleted uranium.

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-05-24 14:57|| 2008-05-24 14:57|| Front Page Top

#9 If it is anything like the Vulcan, it is spine chilling. On both sides. Gives ya a big 'ol stiffy when you are on the giving end and a pant full of poop on the receiving end.

Oh, and anything above knee high is gone.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-24 23:06|| 2008-05-24 23:06|| Front Page Top

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