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A .50 Caliber SLAP round will penetrate 34 mm at 500 meters. I doubt very much that 25 mm of steel will stop a 20mm AP round when it won't stop a .50 cal.

And do people really think you could make the bomb-carrying mechanism, bomb doors, and a bomb all fit in under 450 pounds?

Easily.

After looking at the photos, it is likely that the secondary drone is probably about 1/30th the weight of a typical handheld explosive. I am sure you could probably come up with a somewhat effective explosive that was weight-compatible with the micro-drone but it is not likely within the capabilities of foes of the USA, RUS (unless the cold war restarts) or even Justin Bieber. It doesn't mention it, but knowing a little about miniature aviation in general I can say that the micro-drone is probably in the range of half an ounce, and any additional weight at all, even the weight of a paperclip, would dramatically impact it's flight capabilities.

From this page: http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/infantry/grenade/hand.html it appears that even with a 16oz grenade your casualty radius is only 1 foot beyond the drones accuracy radius, so even if you could deliver it you are still not likely to actually take out one designated target because they could flee the kill zone. And again, the flight characteristics of one of those micro-drones with a grenade on it is barely different than the flight characteristics of a grenade by itself: it's going to obey gravity and not your will.

I am surprised that no one else commented about the extreme rotational forces involved in rifle bullets.

Take, for example, the M855 ball round used in most US M4's. It has a muzzle velocity of 3025 feet per second. A standard M4 barrel has a 1 in 7 inch twist, meaning the bullet completes a full rotation every 7 inches. Simple stoichiometry follows: 3025 feet/sec * 60 sec/min * 12 inches/1 foot * 1 rotation/7 inches = 311,142 rpm.

Remember those old videos of CD's exploding when they are rotated too fast, even when they are wrapped with wires to increase their tensile strength? Same applies here. As a matter of fact, this is used as a design feature: ball ammunition is designed to "tumble" end over end when it hits flesh which pushes the centrifugal forces on the bullet over the tensile strength of the bullet's jacket. This causes the bullet to fragment into tiny particles in the flesh, which results in the full force of the kinetic energy being deposited into the target.

Anyway, while the MEMS approach might be feasible from a size perspective, imagine the forces operating on one of these fins and the energy required to move any given fin even a tiny amount when it is feeling the pressures involved while moving through a fluid at 311 krpm. Now imagine what kind of materials would be necessary to implement this without the fin deforming or the armature of the fin simply shearing off.

These are cool ideas, but I think the physics & materials science aren't there.

Forbidden Planet

That brings to mind my favorite
Dr. Edward Morbius

Reality catches up to Anime.

http://www.inetres.com/gp/anime/bebop/09/bebop_09_ 21.jpg

Give me a Data Dog and a Mac mini and I'm set.

Screw that.

What I wanna know is does it come with an IR rangefinder?

http://www.inetres.com/gp/anime/iria/iria2_04.jpg

The difference is, the Hokum has two counter rotating main roters, so while one is stalling on the left, the other is generating lift, and the same on the right.

This also prevents the Hokum from falling out of the sky when the blade tips become super sonic which also causes the blade to lose lift.

This is why the Hokum has such a high top speed, not because of brute force, but because of good design.

http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/ar/rotor/Ka-50. gif

You just can't take *BSD seriously when its fronted by losers like these. Would you buy software from them? I don't think so! You BSD groupies need to find some sexy girls like her ! I mean just look at this girl ! Doesn't she excite you? I know this little hottie puts me in need of a cold shower! This guy looks like he is about to cream his pants standing next to such a fox . As you can see, no man can resist this sexy little minx . I mean are you telling me you wouldn't like to get your hands on this ass ?!

With sexy chicks like the lovely Lt. Gay Ellis you could have people queuing up to buy open source products. Could you really refuse to buy a copy of Linux if she told you to? Come on, you must admit she is better than an overweight deamon or a gay looking goat ! Don't you wish you could get one of these ? Personally I know I would give my right arm to get this close to such a divine beauty !

Join the campaign for more cute open source purple-haired moonbabes today!
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I didn't post this as AC, so I must not be trolling.

Purple-haired moonbabes run LINUX! And that's good enough for me.
props to the Ceren/BSD troll.

You just can't take *BSD seriously when its fronted by losers like these. Would you buy software from them? I don't think so! You BSD groupies need to find some sexy girls like her ! I mean just look at this girl ! Doesn't she excite you? I know this little hottie puts me in need of a cold shower! This guy looks like he is about to cream his pants standing next to such a fox . As you can see, no man can resist this sexy little minx . I mean are you telling me you wouldn't like to get your hands on this ass ?!

With sexy chicks like the lovely Lt. Gay Ellis you could have people queuing up to buy open source products. Could you really refuse to buy a copy of Linux if she told you to? Come on, you must admit she is better than an overweight deamon or a gay looking goat ! Don't you wish you could get one of these ? Personally I know I would give my right arm to get this close to such a divine beauty !

Join the campaign for more cute open source purple-haired moonbabes today!

You just can't take *BSD seriously when its fronted by losers like these. Would you buy software from them? I don't think so! You BSD groupies need to find some sexy girls like her ! I mean just look at this girl ! Doesn't she excite you? I know this little hottie puts me in need of a cold shower! This guy looks like he is about to cream his pants standing next to such a fox . As you can see, no man can resist this sexy little minx . I mean are you telling me you wouldn't like to get your hands on this ass ?!

With sexy chicks like the lovely Lt. Gay Ellis you could have people queuing up to buy open source products. Could you really refuse to buy a copy of Linux if she told you to? Come on, you must admit she is better than an overweight deamon or a gay looking goat ! Don't you wish you could get one of these ? Personally I know I would give my right arm to get this close to such a divine beauty !

Join the campaign for more cute open source purple-haired moonbabes today!