What idiot makes an automated weapons system with no kill switch???
Oh - ED209 was unavailable for comment.
1 posted on
10/18/2007 11:36:41 PM PDT by
Spktyr
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2 posted on
10/18/2007 11:37:20 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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I find this suspicious. It is almost as though it had been written, as a movie script, by someone in Hollywood.
3 posted on
10/18/2007 11:40:50 PM PDT by
SatinDoll
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4 posted on
10/18/2007 11:42:07 PM PDT by
FreedomCalls
(Texas: "We close at five.")
To: Spktyr
To err is human.
To really screw things up, you need a computer.
Other variations:
To err is human.
To really screw things up, you need a congressional committee.
etc.
5 posted on
10/18/2007 11:43:44 PM PDT by
punster
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Oerlikon GDF-005
MAIN FEATURES - Automatic reloaders which make it possible to feed and fire all the ammunition available on the gun without manual intervention
- Computer controlled Gun-King sighting system for 3-Dimensional target tracking with laser range finder
- Optimized Oerlikon 35mm type KDC automatic cannon with breech recoil brake, rate of attenuation and firing pin lock
- Weapon cover with built in automatic breech block lubrication
- Power supply system integrated with the gun
- 1 person gun operation
- Large supply of ready to fire ammunition on gun (280 rounds)
- Integrated full camouflage available as an option
TECHNICAL DATA- Gun - Calibre - 35mm
- Rate of Fire - 2 x 550 = 1100 rounds/min
- Muzzle Velocity - 1175 m/s
- Barrel Length (90 cal) - 3150 mm
- Weight w/ammunition - 7700 kg
- Weight w/o ammunition - 7250 kg
GUN-KING 3-D SIGHT SYSTEM- Periscope - Enlargement - 8x
- Periscope - Field of Vision - 8 deg.
- Laser - range - 4km
- Digital Microcomputer (max hit range) - 4 km
AMMUNITION- Types - HEI, HEI-T, HEI-P, SAPHEI-T, TP, TP-T
- Mass of round - approx 1562 g
- Mass of projectile - approx 550 g
- Length of round - approx 387 mm
****************************************************************************************************************
- Gun - Calibre - 35mm
- Rate of Fire - 2 x 550 = 1100 rounds/min
- Muzzle Velocity - 1175 m/s
ummmm....yep, that's something that you don't want to get in front of..
8 posted on
10/18/2007 11:58:10 PM PDT by
Stoat
(Rice / Coulter 2008: Smart Ladies for a Strong America)
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"Oh - ED209 was unavailable for comment."
I do not find you amusing. Put down your weapon, you have 15 seconds to comply!
9 posted on
10/19/2007 12:14:55 AM PDT by
rednesss
(Fred Thompson - 2008)
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11 posted on
10/19/2007 12:32:25 AM PDT by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
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Echoes of HAL....
Though 2001: A Space Odyssey was a fairly lame movie.
12 posted on
10/19/2007 12:32:27 AM PDT by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
To: Spktyr
Is it possible to place one of these canons in Congress?
To: Spktyr
People have no problems with computers/robots giving traffic tickets. How many would be prepared to let an ATM shoot to kill if it suspected that you were “robbing” the machine or attempting to get money from “someone else’s” account.
15 posted on
10/19/2007 1:08:33 AM PDT by
weegee
(NO THIRD TERM. America does not need another unconstitutional Clinton co-presidency.)
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It was probably running on Java or C#.
16 posted on
10/19/2007 1:26:54 AM PDT by
familyop
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17 posted on
10/19/2007 1:49:33 AM PDT by
Tall_Texan
(No Third Term For Bill Clinton!)
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General Dichead, “Nice toy you have here. What does this button do?”
“Click”
Brrrp!
General Dichead, “Oops! I mean, I didn’t push any button. It just started shooting. Right? RIGHT??”
To: Cyber Liberty; Slip18; EODGUY; NeoCaveman; CholeraJoe; Doohickey; SmithL
Oh Shiitte!
(Now, he wonders cynically, would the brasses’ response be different if the automatic cannon had swept through the benches and reviewing stand where the brass were standing?)
25 posted on
10/19/2007 3:41:09 AM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Spktyr
In other news, James Watson is being stripped of his duties at the University he works for making disparaging remarks about ethnic intelligence.....
To: Spktyr
What idiot makes an automated weapons system with no kill switch??? Ask Dr, Watson.
To: Spktyr
Hey, guys.....you hafta aim the cannon AWAY from you.
Leni
34 posted on
10/19/2007 7:25:03 AM PDT by
MinuteGal
(Enter the FReepathon Mother Freep Nursery Rhymes CONTEST!!! See # 19 on the FReepathon Thread)
To: Spktyr
I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I think one of those is the Governor of California!
35 posted on
10/19/2007 8:08:26 AM PDT by
444Flyer
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It was the BAD robot from Robocop 2 Cain!
38 posted on
10/19/2007 9:06:12 AM PDT by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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Had the designers not seen the Terminator movies?
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