All of this is according to a newsletter I subscribe to and support. I don't claim to know it all: "Some speak in fear of "The End Of The World" which, by the...
... From: (sfconsim) "H.o.t. Peloponnesian War (galley slaves)", ~Aug. 2002: " 1 or 2 drachma per diem for a rower (similar for a hoplite or a skilled...
http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=725 I'm not sure it scales up to the levels we'd need for it to be useful in space...
One thing I found odd was the lack of a visible heat plume from either the painted or standard tank in the contrast shots. I would seem to me that if the tank...
... Defensereview seems to have occasional fairly bogus articles, such as that gyroweapon (blanking on the name). In any case, there are a wide variety of...
Greetings: To quote from "Austin Powers".... "Riiiigggggghhhhttttttttttt..." Fred Kiesche (FPK3) I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands...
... You are probably thinking of the dreaded DREAD/MPDS, the light, small, accurate, recoilless, jam proof, safe, less-than-lethal, silent, hyper velocity,...
Hi all, I have posted my release schedule for January my game Firepower Pass on the website http://www.vizpub.com. Thx for your continued support! Yours, Keith...
Thought this might be of interest to a number of people... To all current and former members of The Moon Society and/or of Artemis Society International. As...
... Most thermographic sensors pick up radiation in a "window" of atomspheric transparency between about 15 and 8 microns wavelength. This part of the...
... My guess is that the cream has very low emissivity in the part of the IR spectrum used by thermographs (supported by the metallic appearance of the cream -...
How do heat seeking missiles work then? I always assumed that they worked because the target's jet turbine engines were producing / dumping large amounts of...
... Traditional heat seekers don't normally operate in the 288K blackbody regime favored by thermographs; jet exhaust is extremely hot. Also, the actual...
Does anyone know offhand what the production time is for: A Burke-class DD? An "Improved Nimitz" CVN? I've been talking to someone who's asserted that it would...
How would range effect this? Typical air-to-air engagement range is much greater than ground force engagement ranges. The AIM-9 Sidewinder has a range of...
... The numbers are variable, depending on if you mean: -- If you're talking about building the 1st ship of a class; -- 2nd ship of a class; -- 5th+ ship of a...
mark.campbell@...
Jan 3, 2007 10:28 pm
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... Wikipedia says, "She was laid down by GD Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine on 6 December 1988, launched on 16 September 1989 by Mrs. Arleigh Burke and...
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz_class_carrier That page says it takes 3 to 5 years for the various ships in the same class. I'm sure that need and...
... It is excessive (going from discovery to working prototype in 9 years would be remarkable), but once you've put in FTL drives, you've gone well outside of...
... Indeed, something consider in the numbers that I posted was that it was from laying the keel to launching the hull. It does not take in to account years...
hi .. lets consider this as example .. the a380 program was launched in december 2000 - first flight was in january 2005 .. which is 4 years - final...
... Yes. Sorry, I should have specified that. This assumed development of Luna, Mars, and some near-Earth asteroids, and likely some form of gas giant...
... A lot of it has to do with the drive technology itself. If it something like field propulsion (or perhaps psionics if the story has an anime feel to it),...
However there was no reason to rush the A380 as Airbus needed the entire 4 years to try to sell enough of them to justify production. AIrbus also has an...
Scott Palter
finalswordproductions...
Jan 3, 2007 11:49 pm
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... Sure, no problem. == Mark...
mark.campbell@...
Jan 4, 2007 12:24 am
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... Well, their production problems do not seem to have helped their sales.. Production times can be grossly nonlinear, and are strongly influenced by the...
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