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Using the extra long bore canons to fire a collapsed packed drone glider in it's shedable casing miles high, ground based computer studies weather to guide it to intended location, micro elec. wizardry reports back data and video, recieves instructions. Cheap when massed produced, armable, our scary
future actually....once affordable we could send things to each other, have groceries fired over....mass chaos would insue.
WW2 precedent ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery
See Rocket Assisted Projectile in this article. [8th of 7, Mar 27 2008]
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I'm waiting for the version from Pentax. |
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An enormous gun capable of extreme ranges. This would be expensive, impractical and extremely dangerous. {+} |
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Intercontinental ballistic mail... |
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or the second-class version, by individual small balloon. |
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I want the pinhole model. |
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I would think that a glider light enough for decent range would be too fragile to fire out of a cannon. |
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I worry the economy will collapse, because no-one will want anything else but this. |
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"Be afraid. Be very, very, afraid." |
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Pachelbel's canon would be so appropriate as a soundtrack to the glider stage. |
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Can you get these things shot out mail order ? |
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Minolta, with a long telephoto for better accuracy. |
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