Regarding the stupid myth that Reagan brought down the evil Soviet Empire...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, August 29, 2025 18:07
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Quote:Exactly.
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
It's a lot less Star Trek than it is Very Expensive and Not A Priority.
Phasers or ubiquitous hellfire.
Both impossible at this point.
The laughing Chrisisall
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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,
I'm not sure I can concur with your assessment. There are moments in extra-atmospheric transit where missile courses are necessarily highly predictable. By their very definition, terrestrial anomalies are not a factor out in the black. A technology like metalstorm could probably be used from a space platform to saturate an entire grid with kinetic kill projectiles. It's a lot less Star Trek than it is Very Expensive and Not A Priority.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
Thank You Anthony, I have given up on this one
I figure a smallish missile with a big warhead, a guidance system that can put it within a kilometer short of the mid phase point then boom a cloud of shrapnel engages the probable path of the target saturating everything in sight.
That metalstorm stuff is cool, never seen that before...
give it ten years I bet we'll see practical railguns...
" I don't believe in hypothetical situations - it's kinda like lying to your brain "
" They don't hate America, they hate Americans " Homer Simpson
Lets party like its 1939
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Quote:Gino, get real. Yer thinkin' like Reagan here.
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
a guidance system that can put it within a kilometer short of the mid phase point then boom a cloud of shrapnel engages the probable path of the target saturating everything in sight.
Man, I am SO beamed up right now!
The laughing Chrisisall
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Hello,
Don't worry Gino. If we were talking about something like curing Cancer I'm sure everyone would be talking about how the med tech is around the corner. But missile interception is a politically charged subject.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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You COULD just HERF the damned guidance and detonation system, you know.
-F
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Hello,
Easier to do shielded electronics than to do bulletproofing on a missile. Call me old fashioned. I'll stick with high velocity kinetic killers. Proven, reliable weapons since the slingshot. ;-)
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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Quote:Ultrasonic skeet shooting?
Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Call me old fashioned. I'll stick with high velocity kinetic killers. Proven, reliable weapons since the slingshot. ;-)
The laughing Chrisisall
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Hello,
I'd probably avoid ultrasound in space… ;-)
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Hero, are you TRYING to sound like an idiot here? I knew when I was a kid it was all blustery BS, clearly I have a stronger background in science than either you OR Reagan.
Innovation is all blustery BS until some fella says, "hmm...maybe if we do this it'll do that", and suddenly we're sailing round the world, curing disease, making phone calls without wires, and making forward passes on football fields.
H
"Hero. I have come to respect you"- Chrisisall, 2009.
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Originally posted by chrisisall:Quote:You have no idea of the power utilzation curve on such a weapon. Simple decoys sent to drain its supply would suffice.
Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
a large blast/fragmentation warhead that would give it a large zone kill radius.
D'Oh!
The laughing Chrisisall
If done correctly, you don't need a large warhead - you just need what is basically a "bucket of sand". Throw a handful of sand at a spaceship going 10,000mph, and you'll see what I mean.
That's what bugged me about SDI - they were just being stupid about it, actually trying to HIT a missile with another missile, when they should have just had a warhead loaded with birdshot to toss into the oncoming missile's trajectory. Boom. Outta here.
ETA: Reading further along, I see Gino and Tony got to the same point.
Chris: It's not necessarily "hitting bullets with bullets" if it's done correctly. It's more like shooting a bird with a shotgun, something you'll no doubt agree IS possible, even if Dick Cheney can't seem to pull it off without giving in to his never-ceasing bloodlust and shooting someone right in the face.
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