"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (14 Viewers)

[Thumpalumpacus]

Indian police investigating after two powerful Russians found dead within days of each other

Pavel Antov — a Russian politician and businessman who made his fortune in the sausage industry — died suddenly during a holiday in India this week.

www.abc.net.au

I guess he watched while the sausage was being made.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Initially, yes. You won't run out of ammo, though.

In an energy-starved country?

ETA: Dammit, two of yas beat me to it. Those batteries gotta recharge somewhere.

 

[manta22]

In an energy-starved country?

ETA: Dammit, two of yas beat me to it. Those batteries gotta recharge somewhere.

They make portable generators these days...

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

They make portable generators these days...

Right, that run on fuel ... which must be brought up by vehicles, using ... fuel. And converting fossil-fuel energy densities to power lasers, well, how many bowsers you got?

 

[GTX]

I don't think we're at the man portable laser weapons yet. Unless there's a deuce and a half with a generator following the troop.

Saw this in person a few years back - same show in fact:



Not sure the current status.

 

[manta22]

Right, that run on fuel ... which must be brought up by vehicles, using ... fuel. And converting fossil-fuel energy densities to power lasers, well, how many bowsers you got?

You have to transport ammo, too. Fuel. Mark my words, lasers & charged particle beams are the weapons of the future. Some are here now but will be far more effective very soon.

 

[GTX]

 

[Snautzer01]

Think it will buff out.

 

[Glider]

You have to transport ammo, too. Fuel. Mark my words, lasers & charged particle beams are the weapons of the future. Some are here now but will be far more effective very soon.

Whilst I totally agree with your word. In the eal world where the West are afraid to give Ukraine F16's, old M1 tanks, what are the chances of giving them state of the art Lasers?

 

[SaparotRob]

Read that this morning. Ray Charles saw this months ago, as did most of us.

In other news, scientists have found that air is useful to most life.

Fake news.

 

[SaparotRob]

Saw this in person a few years back - same show in fact:



Not sure the current status.

Oerlikon-A name you can trust!

 

[GrauGeist]

Currently, the lasers (and related energy weapons) require quite a bit of power.

The U.S. Navy has one system they've been working on and it's aboard a destroyer. Other mobile systems have been tested aboard large aircraft, though much lower power due to limited energy supply.

Israel has a laser system incorporated into it's Iron Dome defense, but the weapons are stationary and only capable of taking down balloons at this point in time.

It's going to be a while before we see Star Wars style mobile and hand-held laser weapons on the battlefield.

 

[SaparotRob]

But you should've heard what those balloons were saying. They deserved it!

 

[manta22]

I agree but lasers and particle-beam weapons would be ideal. It will be a while before they are TO&E but that day is coming.

 

[fubar57]

 

[GTX]

Oerlikon-A name you can trust!

Except it is now Rheinmetall Air Defence AG

 

[Admiral Beez]

But the Russians have left hundreds of MBTs fully intact?

 

[GrauGeist]

But you should've heard what those balloons were saying. They deserved it!

Hezbollah was using balloon bombs for a while.

Not nearly as complex as the Japanese balloon bombs, but still dangerous.

 

[Acheron]

Initially, yes. You won't run out of ammo, though.

You have to transport ammo, too. Fuel. Mark my words, lasers & charged particle beams are the weapons of the future. Some are here now but will be far more effective very soon.

True, but be careful. Conventional artillery for example of course needs ammo. Apart from that, the system needs a new barrel every so often. Also minor stuff like, I dunno, lubricants? Seems like every military piece of equipment needs those.

What I mean is, depending how how the laser or charged particle beam or whatever is made, it might need some stuff at a rate and cost where it could approach ammo (though weight savings should still be considerable). I know far too little of the issue, I just remember something about some lasers at least using gases for example, if these leak, you need to replenish them, as an example.

Also be extra careful with lasers and other beam-weapons because, let's face it, they are cool, and when some gear is cool, we tend to be overly enthusiastic about it instead of sitting down and doing a cold- and stone-hearted cost-benefit analysis. Way too many military projects got way too much money because of that.

 

[at6]

Perhaps Elon will make a takeover bid.

Elon could have the Orcs for a fraction of what he spent on Twitter.