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Electric Armor
Ch_Omega and others wrote in about a new type of reactive armor in development. As far as I can tell, what they're talking about is essentially large capacitors on the outside of the vehicle, charged up by the vehicle's electrical system. Anti-tank warheads use a shaped charge to create a jet of molten copper that pierces armor, but in this case, when the jet bridges the capacitor plates, it immediately becomes a conductor for X coulombs of current, which effectively vaporizes and disrupts it enough that it won't pierce the vehicle's armor. (Conventional reactive armor does the same thing with explosives.) Interesting idea, if it works.
Woe betide the poor hapless private who loses his balance and leans on the tank to steady himself. Shazam!
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Max V.
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Wouldn't it be cheaper to have the tank scuff its feet on the carpet?
My sword of water beats your armour of electricity.
"RPGs are extraordinarily widespread," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. "And if you have any doubt of that, watch Black Hawk Down."
Can i please not take any movie as a reference for stuff like this, otherwise id like to meet Willy Wonker and his fabulous Chocolate factory!!
'nuff said.
Could you arm a refrigerator with this?
I'd love to find a way to keep my roomate from drinking my beer.
Creationists are a lot like zombies. Slow, but powerful and numerous. And they all want to eat our brains.
Is GM offering it standard or as an option? Those fucking carjackers are in for it now....
I pitty the poor fool that fires a wire-guided missile at one of these tanks eh?
However, I suspect it would create a good market for graphite-ribbon missiles similar to the type used to take out power generators and substations.
One of the most dangerous and pervasive threats facing American and British troops in combat zones is a primitive grenade launcher that only sets your typical terrorist back about $10.
Cool. How much is the shiping and handling? And where do I send my check? I'll take a gross. Just make sure they're delived by July 4th.
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"RPGs are extraordinarily widespread," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. "And if you have any doubt of that, watch Black Hawk Down."
I later overheard him mention that
"Phasers are extraordinarily widespread, And if you have any doubt of that, watch Star Trek."
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And as for `non-violent' solutions, may I ask you to explain what solution you think would resolve our current situation, where a multi-national group armed and sheltered by hostile national powers is working to gain access to weapons of mass destruction to use against us?
Don't waste your effort, neocon. The people with whom you're arguing don't believe in evil. To them, Al Qaeda is attempting to exterminate millions of Americans because of a failure to implement the Kyoto treaty.
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