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I voted for it, but does anybody actually use AA guns any more in this age of missiles and jets? |
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Actually, yes. To avoid missile defences,
aircraft come in fast and very low, which
makes them vulnerable to old-fashioned iron
artillery. |
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I can't find the idea, but a while back I saw
something like "Olympic Games for Military" here
(instead of wars). This would fit in perfectly. |
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Artillery rounds with 'marker' (i.e. paint-filled) shells are
widely baked. Start with those and you're...well, pretty
much finished. |
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[norm], not only are the big guns still very much in the AA
business, but little cousins still join the play as well: a
smart missile can outrun andor out-maneuver nearly
anything fast and nimble enough to catch it, but they're
surprisingly vulnerable to streams of high-velocity
projectiles. So are airplanes, but they always have been.
Also, computer-controlled mini-miniguns are getting quick
enough to knock light mortar rounds and RPGs out of the
air. Pretty
soon they'll have tank rounds that can take the ears off of
two hundred flies* with one shot. |
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In the book Catch 22 there was great fear that the Gemans
had Lepage Glue guns that could stick a whole formation of
planes together in mid air and cause them to collectively
fall from the sky. |
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Thing is, if an aircraft travelling at 500mph is hit by a
paintball also doing 500mph but in the opposite
direction, will it not sting? |
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^ at which time an ambassador gets to sullenly say "mmsorrydintmeanit herehaveacookie" to another ambassador. |
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Inasmuch as ships are considered sovereign territories of the countries which flag they fly under, buzzing one while wearing a loaded-to-the-tits Mach 2 fighter jet could be considered worthy of getting a bucket of paint in the face. |
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I, for one, am all in favour of starting a new arms
race where the aim is to provide the most amount
of embarrassment and the least amount of actual
damage. |
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A lucky shot could shatter or blind the pilot's windshield giving the copilot a chance to fly the plane. |
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Sp. "Ze Plane ! Ze Plane !" |
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This adds a whole new dimension to the grafitti artist's
term 'getting up'. |
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