Russia new wonder weapon?

[JurijD]

Originally posted by primitive:
This France-bashing is getting even more stale than yesterdays baguettes

Its not the case of Europe (or France) going anywhere AT. Europe is old, Europe is stable, Europe knows when diplomacy works better than force. If USA and Europe (continues to) drift apart, its the US who do the drifting. Get rid of that warmongering president of yours and USA and Europe will be best buddies again. Its all up to you

I agree. If the US and the EU drift apart its because the US moves away from what it once was... I mean its near to impossible for all of the EU countries to agree on anything especially something like foreign policy so its hard to beieve there was a joint EU drift... and besides the European stance has remained quite constant (at least the public oppinion... and those politicians who went against it will/are paying for it now). The US however is turning a brand new page now... Russia kept you guys in check for a while and now your president is behaving like a child being left home for the very first time withouth a babysitter...

It should be apparent even to some of the more conservative americans that dear old Georde W. lead them on BIG time....

well... you really can't blaim him, I mean he just wanted to finish what daddy started hahaha. I hope you people have the sence to vote him out of office.

[ April 06, 2004, 22:25: Message edited by: JurijD ]

[Puke]

god, see what i mean! thread-jacking! its not just an innocent little tangent, someone starts talking politics, JuirjD shows up, and no one shuts up for a two weeks until everyone gets tired of it and appologizes to each other.

lets skip it.

im talking about the ugly bead-bLasted aluminum catamaran that looks like a ferry boat. I thought I could make fun of England for their cheap aluminum hulls that ignite and burn when hit by exocet missiles, but now we have them too. but whats cool about it, are all the automated systems. sure, maybe not the best thing in real wartime, but the premise is cool and it could be a sign of things to come.

its pretty much all computerized, i saw some articles about it Last year, but slashdot had a link to a big writeup today:

http://www.computerworld.com/governm...?nas=SEC-91888

[ April 06, 2004, 23:13: Message edited by: Puke ]

[Puke]

Originally posted by EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro:
Anyone worried/wondering about the HAARP project?
YIKES!

why, because it boils the ionosphere? whats scary about that? a giant aray of tesla field generating gizzywhatsits? how cool is that? i mean, in no other time in history has someone been able to "boil" the upper atmosphere. im pretty excited to see it work, actually.

of course, i dont have kids.

[EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro]

Yeah, not really sure if that falls under Wonder Weapons or not. Maybe Wonder if its a good idea weapon! I was watching Cable Access and they had a guy on there saying that it can operate at the frequencies that interfere with sleep and moods. In the 80's the Russians were ahead in this field but since then it's our baby now.

It's about that time of the month, mind if you aim that thing over my house when the wife is home?

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by primitive:

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If the French go then goes Europe.

(Just another mindless senseless rant courticy of Atrocities)

This France-bashing is getting even more stale than yesterdays baguettes

Its not the case of Europe (or France) going anywhere AT. Europe is old, Europe is stable, Europe knows when diplomacy works better than force. If USA and Europe (continues to) drift apart, its the US who do the drifting. Get rid of that warmongering president of yours and USA and Europe will be best buddies again. Its all up to you

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You can have George if you want him. But if you take George you also have to take Karry.

[newbie123]

Originally posted by primitive:

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
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If the French go then goes Europe.

(Just another mindless senseless rant courticy of Atrocities)

This France-bashing is getting even more stale than yesterdays baguettes

Its not the case of Europe (or France) going anywhere AT. Europe is old, Europe is stable, Europe knows when diplomacy works better than force. If USA and Europe (continues to) drift apart, its the US who do the drifting. Get rid of that warmongering president of yours and USA and Europe will be best buddies again. Its all up to you

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Sorry but thats BS. Europe know when to quit diplomacy with hitler. Instead they gave him a more powerful position and the rest is history. as far as stable, I don't think the US is unstable. I might not be following you on this tho. To be fair, I believe there are equal amounts of blame on both sides in regards to us drifting apart. Neither wants to reason

[Alpha Kodiak]

Going back to the high-speed torpedo for a moment, while it could be a useful weapon system if it really works, I hardly think it is going to make a huge difference in the balance of naval power. Since the problem it is supposed to address is that Russian subs have inferior sonar to US subs, and I believe US subs are also quieter than Russian ones, how are they going to know where to shoot their fancy torpedoes? It's almost like handing a rifle to a deaf man in a dark room and telling him to defend himself from the hungry tiger that is hunting for him. If he happens to hit it, great, but I wouldn't give him real good odds.

Mind you, it could be very effective against surface ships, assuming that the Vikings and Orions don't catch wind of the sub before it gets into range. Also, if it does become an effective weapon system, someone will figure out a way to counter it.