Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s
The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
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On 25/07/2026 21:27, rbowman wrote: > 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. But who wants to attack Montana? Like Glasgow, it isn't worth defending... -- “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false face for the urge to rule it.” – H. L. Mencken