To: SkyPilot
still, its a sad testament to the technology in american industry that we cannot have some kind of advancement in lightweight armor or composite materials to make a better military vehicle then this.
To: oceanview
I hardly think that state of American engineering or manufacturing capabilities has anything to do with it. It is how the Pentagon wants to spend its money, and the political ramifications on Capital Hill. I offer no judgments as to how it should be done, only that if the will to spend the money for improvements to existing vehicles, or an all new vehicle, was there, fine designs could be churned out and excellent equipment produced.
To: oceanview
still, its a sad testament to the technology in american industry that we cannot have some kind of advancement in lightweight armor or composite materials to make a better military vehicle then this. It's always easy to spot a non-engineer.
Using the phrase, "some kind of..." is a dead giveaway.
We are working at the limits of technology. In the eternal struggle between those who design weapons and those who design targets, the designers of targets rarely hold an advantage for longer than a moment.
29 posted on
04/28/2004 11:01:07 AM PDT by
Palmetto
(Gorelicker should be given 20 years.........in the chair.)
To: oceanview
64 posted on
04/28/2004 1:54:25 PM PDT by
Cannoneer No. 4
(I've lost turret power; I have my nods and my .50. Hooah. I will stay until relieved. White 2 out.)
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