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Stavatti's site contains some other proposals that illustrate the company's perspctive on the real world. Especially interesting is the two billion dollar SM-32 Kindred. This airplane wieghs over two million pounds and occupies over an acre of airspace, yet is billed as "low observable". It may look like a flock of birds to radar, but it will look like one of the Vogon constructor fleet to the guy pulling the trigger on the AAA. Maybe a highly toxic, highly radioactive, extremely hot raygun isn't so far fetched after all.

Yeesh. A day late and $10 billion bucks short.

So when is the mighty industrial combine that is stavatti going to have time to finish working the bugs out of this gun? After they complete their first sale of their F-16 replacement? Or maybe when their supersonic stealth bomber, is in "advanced development"? Or how about when the prototype supersonic sea plane/executive bizjet flies? My money is on just after the sale of the 100,000th Moller flying car hits the skies. But that's not bad for a defense contractor based at a Minnesotta general aviation airport founded during the sophomore year of a kid with a bachelor's degree

So when is the mighty industrial combine that is stavatti going to have time to finish working the bugs out of this gun? After they complete their first sale of their F-16 replacement? Or maybe when their supersonic stealth bomber, is in "advanced development"? Or how about when the prototype supersonic sea plane/executive bizjet flies? My money is on just after the sale of the 100,000th Moller flying car hits the skies. But that's not bad for a defense contractor based at a Minnesotta general aviation airport founded during the sophomore year of a kid with a bachelor's degree

So when is the mighty industrial combine that is stavatti going to have time to finish working the bugs out of this gun? After they complete their first sale of their F-16 replacement? Or maybe when their supersonic stealth bomber, is in "advanced development"? Or how about when the prototype supersonic sea plane/executive bizjet flies? My money is on just after the sale of the 100,000th Moller flying car hits the skies. But that's not bad for a defense contractor based at a Minnesotta general aviation airport founded during the sophomore year of a kid with a bachelor's degree

So when is the mighty industrial combine that is stavatti going to have time to finish working the bugs out of this gun? After they complete their first sale of their F-16 replacement? Or maybe when their supersonic stealth bomber, is in "advanced development"? Or how about when the prototype supersonic sea plane/executive bizjet flies? My money is on just after the sale of the 100,000th Moller flying car hits the skies. But that's not bad for a defense contractor based at a Minnesotta general aviation airport founded during the sophomore year of a kid with a bachelor's degree

Almost certainly the whole thing is a fantasy. Perhaps there might also be a clue in the fact that alongside their advanced aerospace and firearms divisions, they also make drums. From their website again:

Concentrating upon the value added resale of pipe band percussion products, Stavatti can address all your pipe band drumming needs!

If you look at the "Stavatti approach" page, it's got "Customer Survival" as one of their core values. :)

As a customer, I also value my survival.

Here's the link if you'd like it http://www.stavatti.com/contact.html

*puts on skeptic cap*

Anyone a little skeptical about this Stavatti corporation? Is it real? Their homepage contains plenty of CG designs for fighter jets "available for procurement in 2005", but isn't it awful fast to go from designs to a federally approved warplane in 2 years? Why are there no pictures of any people or facilities on the site?

Counterpoint: there's a lot of documentation available within the site . . . here. But much of it is marked as 'proprietary'. Why's it here?

I dunno. Maybe I'm just being silly. Just one of those wierd gut feelings.

Did you know I had a skeptic cap?

Here is the manufacturer's site and the page with the rifle's information. Look down the page for the TIS-1.

Here is the manufacturer's site and the page with the rifle's information. Look down the page for the TIS-1.

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