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Weapons of the future (and present)
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Woodenhead
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Take it out of their paycheques. (might take a few lifetimes of working)
Your bias suits you.
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Awesome overload.
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xjeepguy
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Captain Awesome wrote:How awesome is that?
A functioning naval railgun - soon (relatively) to be installed on battleships.
I liked the rail gun on Quake II
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Sarcasm is like a good game of chess. Most people don't know how to play chess.
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Just a bunch of really cool pictures:
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>jim<
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Ahh it's such a strange transition... I used to think weapons were so cool, so amazing... nowadays I find them horrifying, the idea that humans could design such things only for the purpose of easier killing... it is unthinkable. When will it stop? 
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Sarcasm is like a good game of chess. Most people don't know how to play chess.
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
>jim< wrote:Ahh it's such a strange transition... I used to think weapons were so cool, so amazing... nowadays I find them horrifying, the idea that humans could design such things only for the purpose of easier killing... it is unthinkable. When will it stop?
I think the transition is pretty normal. As people age they change.
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kina
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Captain Awesome wrote:I think the transition is pretty normal. As people age they change.
How come you haven't gotten to that point yet though? Forever young?
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
kina wrote:How come you haven't gotten to that point yet though?
People are different. Boys like everything that blows up and crushes things. Girls like the flowers and puppies. You've already explained your position on all things that shoot, no need to go there again.
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
This is a fun video to watch - first half of it shows Chinese army parade marching that looks absolutely perfect.
Second half shows how they're trained to march like this, how much work goes into it, and how they get so perfect.
Second half shows how they're trained to march like this, how much work goes into it, and how they get so perfect.
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kina
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Captain Awesome wrote: People are different. Boys like everything that blows up and crushes things. Girls like the flowers and puppies. You've already explained your position on all things that shoot, no need to go there again.
Do you truly believe that man with a conscience is "female" merely because he is now, as a grown adult, actually looking at the consequences and implications of the "things that blow up" such as the lives it takes along with them?
This has nothing to do with masculine and feminine tendencies, it has to do with ethical and moral values. A man that does not bow down before a tank or a rocket or a gun or to someone in uniform does not make him effeminate or any less of a man. In fact, IMO, it makes him more so. It takes more courage to stand in front of a gun than behind one.
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
kina wrote:In fact, IMO...
Thank you for sharing your opinion.
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Captain Awesome
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Re: Weapons of the future (and present)
Sarcasm is like a good game of chess. Most people don't know how to play chess.
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1nick
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