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What exactly does a 16” HE shell entail, from a manufacturing point of view?

I mean, if the Democrat fairy godmother were to wave her magic wand, and remove all guns from the face of the earth tomorrow, how hard, in this day and age, would it be, to start making them again.

Yea, I know, any ship in mothballs or museum berths are gonna take some effort and expense to recommission.

that wasn’t really my point.

I’m an IT nerd going back to when Algore invented the internet. Those of us from that time, and perhaps from those that came after, and probably predates me by a wide margin, had a saying.

When high tech fails - Low tech RULES!

I was only trying to point out, that there are less expensive ways to throw projectiles downrange. We humans have been doing it for many millennia.

$800K a pop! What commander wants to be on the hook for that kind of expenditure? What kind of paperwork and review will be involved? And how many in the magazine?

Not to mention: will it work as advertised?

I’m cynical. In this day and age, can you blame me?

Ike warned us about the dangers of the Military/Industrial complex; He was right.

And God help us - Hillary wants control of it.