It's hard to use NPVs (Nuclear Panel Vans) in a quick retaliatory strike. ICBMs can be launched before the enemies ICBMs detonate. That's the whole MAD principle that keeps us from blowing each other up. NPVs would make a great first strike weapon though, since they give no warning before detonation. If one could put a NPV in each major enemy city and near several military bases simultaneously you could make a significant impact. Using warheads made from material stolen from one or more other nations (hopefully including the target nation to help believability), and/or some of your own that's been listed as stolen, would make it more difficult for the survivors to determine reliably who to retaliate against.
There are other other problems too, like how is a bike, electric or otherwise, going to perform when there's three inches of compacted snow on the road? That's the main reason I drive a car to work.
What's the shelf life of a mule packed in storage, and how much space and maintenance does it need? How long can it operate out in the desert sun or arctic tundra? How do you get it to go toward the danger / scary noises when it doesn't want to? How do you remote control a mule? Can you fit a mule with a gas mask and hasmat suit to protect it from NBC weapons?
Actually in the US even if you "own" your property, it's really just licensed from the gummint. If you don't pay your taxes / rent / subscription fee they'll take it back.
The airbag punching you in the face provides an important service. It distributes the acceleration not only over time, as previously covered, but also over area. A six-point with headstrap would be a lot better than a standard seatbelt, but the airbag is better yet. Besides, modern airbags aren't all that bad; I had one go off on me last winter when my wife slid the car into a plow, and it was more like a light fast slap than a punch.
Oh I'm sure people will buy it, and I'm sure people will buy apps for it, but is there anything it can do that something else doesn't already do better?
To a large degree it's the stealth stuff that makes the Raptor a good first line fighter. It's the ability to see and shoot them before they can see and shoot you.
It's possible it has other capabilities beyond IR, but since the discussion is about whether or not a UAV could see into your house I think it still applies. It they can fit that capability in a binocular, they can fit it on a UAV.
UAV's can be a lot harder to detect, due to many of them being much smaller and quieter. A cop chopper overhead announces it's presence rather blatantly.
It's not "my device", we only make a few parts for it. I don't have access to such images. The model in the sales brochure there is a lower tech version; I don't think the military version is available to non-military personnel. I do, however, take the word of the engineer I work closely with who got to go to the customer and play with the more advanced mil version one. He said that he could see a person's silhouette through a concrete block wall.
One of our engineers that I work closely with went to the customer and got to play with one. He said he could see a person's silhouette through a concrete block wall.
Huh? Infrared doesn't go through walls the last time I checked.
That depends on the frequency range of the detector. My company makes some parts for a military infrared binocular that can see people through concrete block walls.
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It's hard to use NPVs (Nuclear Panel Vans) in a quick retaliatory strike. ICBMs can be launched before the enemies ICBMs detonate. That's the whole MAD principle that keeps us from blowing each other up. NPVs would make a great first strike weapon though, since they give no warning before detonation. If one could put a NPV in each major enemy city and near several military bases simultaneously you could make a significant impact. Using warheads made from material stolen from one or more other nations (hopefully including the target nation to help believability), and/or some of your own that's been listed as stolen, would make it more difficult for the survivors to determine reliably who to retaliate against.
You're more likely to die from falling down your basement stairs, and far more likely to die at the hands of your own family than a terrorist.
Unless you have family in the military, then the terrorist is much more likely to die at the hands of your family than you are.
Another reason not to fly. Period.
Seconded. My wife wants a vacation; I told her I'm not going on an airplane until they quit all that "security" crap.
There are other other problems too, like how is a bike, electric or otherwise, going to perform when there's three inches of compacted snow on the road? That's the main reason I drive a car to work.
You could ride it while drunk. "No occifer, I'm not driving. My mule (belch) knows the way."
Misread as "self-replicating slashdotters". I qualify under that category.
What's the shelf life of a mule packed in storage, and how much space and maintenance does it need? How long can it operate out in the desert sun or arctic tundra? How do you get it to go toward the danger / scary noises when it doesn't want to? How do you remote control a mule? Can you fit a mule with a gas mask and hasmat suit to protect it from NBC weapons?
Actually in the US even if you "own" your property, it's really just licensed from the gummint. If you don't pay your taxes / rent / subscription fee they'll take it back.
The airbag punching you in the face provides an important service. It distributes the acceleration not only over time, as previously covered, but also over area. A six-point with headstrap would be a lot better than a standard seatbelt, but the airbag is better yet. Besides, modern airbags aren't all that bad; I had one go off on me last winter when my wife slid the car into a plow, and it was more like a light fast slap than a punch.
Oh I'm sure people will buy it, and I'm sure people will buy apps for it, but is there anything it can do that something else doesn't already do better?
I did say i fail, didn't i?
They're just desperate to find SOMETHING it'd good for.
Why tax when they can borrow and print?
To a large degree it's the stealth stuff that makes the Raptor a good first line fighter. It's the ability to see and shoot them before they can see and shoot you.
What's an anti-stem cell?
It's possible it has other capabilities beyond IR, but since the discussion is about whether or not a UAV could see into your house I think it still applies. It they can fit that capability in a binocular, they can fit it on a UAV.
UAV's can be a lot harder to detect, due to many of them being much smaller and quieter. A cop chopper overhead announces it's presence rather blatantly.
It's not "my device", we only make a few parts for it. I don't have access to such images. The model in the sales brochure there is a lower tech version; I don't think the military version is available to non-military personnel. I do, however, take the word of the engineer I work closely with who got to go to the customer and play with the more advanced mil version one. He said that he could see a person's silhouette through a concrete block wall.
One of our engineers that I work closely with went to the customer and got to play with one. He said he could see a person's silhouette through a concrete block wall.
Got any sample pictures of that that?
I believe this is a lesser version of it: http://www.nightvisionweb.com/thermal_systems/elcan_ph50.html
Sounds like a good application for hackers; don't shoot them down, commandeer them.
Going to need a citation on that. Concrete block is fairly dense, I'm not even sure you could get a clear x-ray through one...
Using thermal imaging technology, we can see through cement walls and look at structural integrity of many objects.
http://www.thermalimagingcamera.org/
They're either going to have tens of thousands of them or hoping to get really lucky.
Half a dozen Global Hawks at high altitude should do the trick.
Huh? Infrared doesn't go through walls the last time I checked.
That depends on the frequency range of the detector. My company makes some parts for a military infrared binocular that can see people through concrete block walls.
You better not buy a fiberglass or carbon fiber bow then.