Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s

On Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:50:54 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

>> Is the US government going to pay for them? In that case they will be
>> delivered late, not completely operational, and have cost overruns
>> twice or more of the original estimate. Prove I'm wrong.
> Don't be silly.
> 
> First you don't need hundreds. It's all down to how fast you can slew
> the optics and the recharge time of whatever powers the laser.
> secondly lasers - even reasonably high powered ones - are not that
> expensive .
> 
> Oh, invisible unicorns are massing in Times Square *Prove me wrong*.

You truly underestimate the ability of the US government to fuck up any 
project. You still have the problem of area. This isn't Britain.