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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    10/26/09

    In reply to Android Gets Drafted
    Raytheon Android Tactical System? Rats. #raytheon
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    10/24/09

    In reply to Android Gets Drafted

    and it begins... #raytheon
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    10/24/09

    @FriarNurgle: You forgot the bubble text that says "Hi Mom!" #raytheon
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/24/09

    In reply to Android Gets Drafted
    [insert witty "there is an app for that" joke here] #raytheon
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    Image of Philip Han Philip Han
    10/24/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: Funny... But I wish there was a Ban Hammer for stuff like this at times.

    This one's not as bad as "Will it play Crysis?" and co. #raytheon
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    10/24/09

    @Philip Han: Banning people for using memes? That's a little extreme, don't you think? #raytheon
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    10/24/09

    @Shadowfury: No. #raytheon
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    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    10/24/09

    In reply to Android Gets Drafted
    "We asked Android's mother, Geoorgia, for comment on how she feels about her son joining the armed forces. A bittersweet look of remembrance spread across her face. "It seems like only yesterday that I put him on the G1," she replied. "Everyone said he'd never beat that iFellow, but look at him now.""

    This paragraph completely escapes me. Please let me know what it means. #raytheon
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    10/24/09

    @PotteryBarnClearanceSale: really? #raytheon
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/21/08

    In reply to Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
    I want to set one of these up to scare the piss out of the paperboy.
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    Image of Kaspir Kaspir
    11/21/08

    In reply to Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
    I pity the first kid that throws a good sized rock at one of our vehicles outfitted with this system, it will be a bad day for him indeed...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/21/08

    @Kaspir: If that kid can throw as fast as an RPG, I think there are many a MLB team who would bring him, his family, AND his village over to the US in about three seconds.
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    Image of borgseawolf borgseawolf
    11/21/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: If this works on detecting missiles of certain speed only, I predict Dune-style 'slow bullet' weapons being developed as counter-measure.
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    11/21/08

    @borgseawolf: The slow blade penetrates, eh?
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    Image of russdanger russdanger
    11/21/08

    In reply to Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
    I wonder how many low-flying birds have gotten blown to nirvana by this thing so far.
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    Image of TerryinSt.Paul TerryinSt.Paul
    11/21/08

    @russdanger:
    Alot less than Randy Johnson.



    + Watch video
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/21/08

    @TerryinSt.Paul: Was that ruled a Fowl ball?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/21/08

    @Curves: Excuse me, waitress, I think you may have given Curves decaf. Can she have another cup please? :)
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    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    11/21/08

    @russdanger: I'm sure it can tell the difference between a high speed target, and a slow flying bird.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/21/08

    @Barry99705: I don't know. An unladen swallow can fly pretty fast.
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    Image of godwhacker, your incandescent leader! godwhacker, your incandescent leader!
    11/21/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★:

    so, how fast can it fly after it has been laden?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/21/08

    @godwhacker: After it finishes it's smoke and nap, pretty quick.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/21/08

    In reply to Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
    The best defense is a good offense. They should have named this porcupine, since that is what it puts me in the mind of. (OK, so maybe I need more coffee, but thats what it reminded me of.)
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    11/21/08

    In reply to Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
    If Matthew "Pecker" McConaughey can toss a TiVo in the path of an RPG...


    then I woulda predicted that Raytheon would have no problem.

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/21/08

    In reply to Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
    I'm no weapons engineer, but this does seem a little complicated for deployment. The timing issue is a big one - it'll work with plenty of time for detecting and acquiring the target, but in close quarters combat it would seem to inherently take too long to launch; shoot up, correct down, launch forward, explode... just too much could go wrong, especially in a combat situation.


    Wasn't there another system that is already deployed - a kind of "active armor" that essentially just explodes outwards before the RPG hits? That seems like it would work more reliably in all situations. Maybe it's not as effective though. That test sure made this thing look effective!

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    11/21/08

    @weatherman: Did you see then end of the video when they did it real time? It took less than a second for the RPG to fire and the system to explode it. As for something going wrong, if you didn't have the system, you'd be defenseless. Even if it stops the RPG 50% of the time, that's still more than no system.


    I think you are thinking of reactive armor that tanks use. IIRC, it doesn't detect the inbound round, but reacts when the round imapacts it.

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    11/21/08

    @Git Em SteveDave loves this guy->★: yeah, you're right. I looked at it and it definitely happens really quick. Actually a heck of a lot quicker than 1 second. And if it works in combat situations, I'm all for it. More protection is more protection, after all, and we definitely need something better than the chicken wire we're using against RPGs.
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    11/21/08

    @weatherman: I wonder what'll happen if the RPG comes from another angle. Are there corrective rockets on all sides of the thing? How would it correct in another direction? Does its platform rotate super quick, too?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/21/08

    @weatherman: I had to watch the end a couple of times b/c I didn't understand what they were showing. The slow mo just makes it seem like what was at the end couldn;t have been what happened it was so quick, especially with the direction changes. This reminds me of a system I saw for the President which is in essence a kevlar airbag wall. If it detects a gunshot or incoming round, it inflates a vertical wall to catch the bullet. It's a stationary unit, but they said it could be used along common paths the President walk and at events.
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    11/21/08

    @b-radicate: It appears to fire straight up, then adjusts towards the target, so it might just be 360 degree.
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    Image of MartinX MartinX
    11/21/08

    In reply to Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
    That's pretty cool.


    I wonder, however, if, when it's deployed, it will still be called the "Future Combat System"?


    Surely "Present Combat System" would be more appropriate at that point, but it doesn't sound as good.


    Possibly they will need to give it a new name, like BANGWHAMMER or something, then the can figure out words to make that into an acronym.


    I guess that's what the DoDs highly trained reverse acronym department (R.A.D) is paid to figure out.

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    11/21/08

    @MartinX: The guy who names it should watch Spaceballs.
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    Image of Cisco-Kid Cisco-Kid
    11/21/08

    In reply to Rocket Grenade Smashed to Bits In Flight By Quick Kill Defense System
    Phase two of the system fires a second rocket at the origination of the RPG, killing the shooter.


    Phase three goes after his family.

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/21/08

    @Cisco-Kid: phase four, conceived by Dick Cheney, goes after a guy in another country who kinda reminds us of the shooter in some way because he looked at us cross-eyed once.


    Sorry, it's reflexive at this point. Thank goodness I don't have to keep that up for another four years...

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    11/21/08

    @Cisco-Kid: It then bankrupts his brothers tractor dealership.
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