tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post4232201810404244149..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Gunless GunshipGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-78329075481607316662007-05-11T17:37:00.000-04:002007-05-11T17:37:00.000-04:00Where is General Wooley getting the power for his ...Where is General Wooley getting the power for his frickin' laser suite? Or, how is he going to get it in the air? <BR/><BR/>It seems so obvious that the next generation gunship needs a longer range cannon, more durability, and range. It doesn't need proof of concept for intergalactic combat.Chiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07972876880559981372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-6219755024745492692007-05-10T16:31:00.000-04:002007-05-10T16:31:00.000-04:00There is a circle jerk of pimping in our defense i...There is a circle jerk of pimping in our defense industry, including of course the Pentagon and the congressvarmits.<BR/><BR/>Until that circle is broken, monitored, policed and the taxpayers money respected and used wisely, we will continue to have this type of (pie in the sky, spend til you see it don't/won't work, then think up another money machine) mutual pimping.<BR/><BR/>Just like <BR/>(lately) FCS, Stryker, Osprey, the new and don't work Marine multiuse vehicle (can't remember the designation) and many many more, that have cost billions upon billions and give nothing back but machines that don't work as needed, can't be maintained are dangerous to the troops that need them.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, this subject is one that gets me rilled up.<BR/><BR/>Papa Ray<BR/>West Texas<BR/>USAPapa Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454201360366303944noreply@blogger.com