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Old 02-06-2018, 01:42 PM   #2
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Granted I am not an expert on rail guns but I do know the Reader's Digest version. At this point they seem like much more hype and keeping up with the Jones' more than a practical weapon of war. A big, ugly, impractical, glorified cannon is the last thing I'm worried about when it comes to the Chinese.

They should have just mounted Rosie O'Donnell to the deck.
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Old 02-06-2018, 02:07 PM   #3
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Granted I am not an expert on rail guns but I do know the Reader's Digest version. At this point they seem like much more hype and keeping up with the Jones' more than a practical weapon of war. A big, ugly, impractical, glorified cannon is the last thing I'm worried about when it comes to the Chinese.

They should have just mounted Rosie O'Donnell to the deck.
Said the cannon manufacturer about the musket.
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Old 02-06-2018, 03:47 PM   #4
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Said the cannon manufacturer about the musket.
Didn't mean to say that the rail gun will never be practical but right now (the technology info I have access to anyway) it looks to me like it's in the early development stage which makes it impractical due to it's sheer size and energy requirements. But the info I have access to is limited to the internet so...

If anyone knows more than I do I'm certainly open to learning more about the technology.
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Old 02-06-2018, 03:45 PM   #5
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Granted I am not an expert on rail guns but I do know the Reader's Digest version. At this point they seem like much more hype and keeping up with the Jones' more than a practical weapon of war. A big, ugly, impractical, glorified cannon is the last thing I'm worried about when it comes to the Chinese.

They should have just mounted Rosie O'Donnell to the deck.
Yeah they're great on paper, just seems like the tremendous amounts of energy needed to continually fire them is whats killing it so far... but the Navy is nonetheless pressing ahead

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...r-combat-23699
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Old 02-06-2018, 03:49 PM   #6
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Yeah they're great on paper, just seems like the tremendous amounts of energy needed to continually fire them is whats killing it so far... but the Navy is nonetheless pressing ahead

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...r-combat-23699
Yeah, they definitely have potential if the engineers and scientists could make them more efficient in size and energy needs. It just doesn't seem like anyone, including the US and Chinese, are there quiet yet.
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Old 02-06-2018, 06:03 PM   #7
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Old 02-07-2018, 06:24 PM   #8
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Footage of Russian Su-25 'Frogfoot' shot down over Syria from an Israeli news source, its the most complete footage I can find... skip to 1:15 or so for best views

Bear in mind the Frogfoot is their version of our A-10 Warthog, so I'm fairly surprised he wasnt able to at least get over friendly territory before having to bail out



I certainly have no particular love for Russia, but still feel pretty bad for the pilot, Major Philip Romanov, who burned up 2 of 3 pistol magazines fighting back before blowing himself up with the single grenade their pilots carry, so as not to be taken alive by Muslim nutjobs... thats a helluva thing for any man to have to do

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A comparison of the Frogfoot vs the mighty Warthog
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Old 02-19-2018, 06:29 PM   #9
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I certainly have no particular love for Russia, but still feel pretty bad for the pilot, Major Philip Romanov, who burned up 2 of 3 pistol magazines fighting back before blowing himself up with the single grenade their pilots carry, so as not to be taken alive by Muslim nutjobs... thats a helluva thing for any man to have to do

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Old 02-09-2018, 10:33 AM   #10
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Watch what just one short burst from an A-10 gatling gun can do to a vehicle, footage from an attack on the Taliban released just yesterday
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Old 02-09-2018, 02:35 PM   #11
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Watch what just one short burst from an A-10 gatling gun can do to a vehicle, footage from an attack on the Taliban released just yesterday
Hopefully everyone that wants to mothball the Warthog was in that vehicle.
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Old 02-09-2018, 02:45 PM   #12
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Hopefully everyone that wants to mothball the Warthog was in that vehicle.
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Its mind bottling why the AF is so dead set on ditching a 1000x over proven performer like the A-10

Have you seen some of the proposed replacements? Its all rinkydink, easily broken junk... tiny little propeller aircraft? GTFO

Here are the three top candidates to replace the A-10, you tell me why anyone would rather be flying, or protected by, one of these

https://taskandpurpose.com/a-10-wart...r-replacement/
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Its mind bottling why the AF is so dead set on ditching a 1000x over proven performer like the A-10

Have you seen some of the proposed replacements? Its all rinkydink, easily broken junk... tiny little propeller aircraft? GTFO

Here are the three top candidates to replace the A-10, you tell me why anyone would rather be flying, or protected by, one of these

https://taskandpurpose.com/a-10-wart...r-replacement/
Wow, somebody is trying to land a production contract. That makes no sense what so ever.
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Hopefully everyone that wants to mothball the Warthog was in that vehicle.
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As long as the middle east exists I don't think the warthhog is going anywhere despite out of touch politicians that couldn't operate a daisy BB guns wishes.
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Old 02-09-2018, 04:43 PM   #15
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Most of these airframes are SO old, it’s not a competency issue as it is a safety/ cost per hour issue. And yes depleted uranium is yummy.
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