Comments for Defense Tech http://defensetech.org The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Video: The Latest, Terrifying Drone Dog by Chrishttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/08/video-the-latest-terrifying-drone-dog/#comment-258938 Chris Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:36 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16353#comment-258938 Why does it remind me of the robot dog "Rags" from Woody Allens' movie "Sleeper"? Why does it remind me of the robot dog “Rags” from Woody Allens’ movie “Sleeper”?

]]> Comment on Pics of the Day: HMS Liverpool Shadows Russia’s Carrier by matheusdiasukhttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/09/pics-of-the-day-hms-liverpool-shadows-russias-carrier/#comment-258937 matheusdiasuk Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:42:24 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16362#comment-258937 Imagine a time when no "enemy" vessel would even think in the possibility to enter on british waters without a hole fleet behind it. Imagine a time when no “enemy” vessel would even think in the possibility to enter on british waters without a hole fleet behind it.

]]> Comment on Video: The Latest, Terrifying Drone Dog by Chrishttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/08/video-the-latest-terrifying-drone-dog/#comment-258936 Chris Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:42:09 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16353#comment-258936 Why does this remind me of the robot dog "Rags" from Woody Allens' movie, "Sleeper"? Why does this remind me of the robot dog “Rags” from Woody Allens’ movie, “Sleeper”?

]]> Comment on Did Chinese Espionage Lead to F-35 Delays? by passingbyhttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/06/did-chinese-espionage-lead-to-f-35-delays/#comment-258935 passingby Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:39:20 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16336#comment-258935 edit: meant to say "Are you supposed to **believe** that ..." edit: meant to say “Are you supposed to **believe** that …”

]]> Comment on Did Chinese Espionage Lead to F-35 Delays? by passingbyhttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/06/did-chinese-espionage-lead-to-f-35-delays/#comment-258933 passingby Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:16:57 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16336#comment-258933 Thanks for taking the time to dig that out. I remember having read something like this years back. The problem is, of course, credibility. Simply put, it's not convincing, i.e. it doesn't pass the smell test. Take the parts that were no longer being made, for instance. Are we supposed to be that the parts were so complicated that nobody could ever make them again? That's just silly. Thanks for taking the time to dig that out. I remember having read something like this years back.

The problem is, of course, credibility. Simply put, it’s not convincing, i.e. it doesn’t pass the smell test. Take the parts that were no longer being made, for instance. Are we supposed to be that the parts were so complicated that nobody could ever make them again? That’s just silly.

]]> Comment on Pics of the Day: HMS Liverpool Shadows Russia’s Carrier by yoyohttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/09/pics-of-the-day-hms-liverpool-shadows-russias-carrier/#comment-258932 yoyo Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:16:12 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16362#comment-258932 Great picture - anybody know where a high-rez version might be docked? Naval art & photography is at it's best in darker weather like this. Great picture — anybody know where a high-rez version might be docked? Naval art & photography is at it’s best in darker weather like this.

]]> Comment on Friday Eye Candy: China’s Newest Attack Helo by Thinking_ExUSAFhttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/03/friday-eye-candy-chinas-newest-attack-helo/#comment-258931 Thinking_ExUSAF Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:40 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16320#comment-258931 There has been a lot of re-thinking of the Midway events since Fuchida's somewhat self-serving book, but. . . . the facts remain. The Kido Butai was never reconstituted even though fresh carrier decks were built. They had the planes, they had the carriers, they did not have the aircrew! There has been a lot of re-thinking of the Midway events since Fuchida’s somewhat self-serving book, but.… the facts remain. The Kido Butai was never reconstituted even though fresh carrier decks were built. They had the planes, they had the carriers, they did not have the aircrew!

]]> Comment on Pics of the Day: HMS Liverpool Shadows Russia’s Carrier by tigerhttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/09/pics-of-the-day-hms-liverpool-shadows-russias-carrier/#comment-258930 tiger Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:10 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16362#comment-258930 The seas seem empty of Russian subs as well as Surface forces. <a href="http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20120207.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/2...</a> Based on this article, they are not able to send more than 10 to sea a year. The seas seem empty of Russian subs as well as Surface forces. http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/2…

Based on this article, they are not able to send more than 10 to sea a year.

]]> Comment on Friday Eye Candy: China’s Newest Attack Helo by Thinking_ExUSAFhttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/03/friday-eye-candy-chinas-newest-attack-helo/#comment-258929 Thinking_ExUSAF Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:09:03 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16320#comment-258929 Interesting that you should pick out the Thud for your discussion. Officially, the F-105 had 27.5 MiG kills, all MiG-17s by the way. This includes at least one MiG that was taken out by a salvo bomb release right in his face! It does not include any that were dragged into the ground! :-) As far as losses, there were 17 Thuds killed in A_A combat. The NVA claimed another 23 Thuds taken down in combat, but for some strange reason these reappeared on the runways in Thailand and S. Vietnam. There were over 830 F-105s produced. Want to try your numbers again? Interesting that you should pick out the Thud for your discussion. Officially, the F-105 had 27.5 MiG kills, all MiG-17s by the way. This includes at least one MiG that was taken out by a salvo bomb release right in his face! It does not include any that were dragged into the ground! :-) As far as losses, there were 17 Thuds killed in A_A combat. The NVA claimed another 23 Thuds taken down in combat, but for some strange reason these reappeared on the runways in Thailand and S. Vietnam. There were over 830 F-105s produced.

Want to try your numbers again?

]]> Comment on Navy Moving Ahead With Railgun Devo by Skyepapahttp://defensetech.org/2012/02/09/navy-moving-ahead-with-railgun-devo/#comment-258928 Skyepapa Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:21 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16358#comment-258928 But major benefits of the railgun are its reduction in the amount of storage required for armaments, the power needed to push a heavily laden ship, and even more so, a a MAJOR reduction in the amount of combustibles stored in a ship's magazines; thus, a large increase in survivability, economy, and increased space for ops flexibility. Increasing the use of conventional (or antiquated) big guns takes us the opposite direction. Despite how cool they look. But major benefits of the railgun are its reduction in the amount of storage required for armaments, the power needed to push a heavily laden ship, and even more so, a a MAJOR reduction in the amount of combustibles stored in a ship’s magazines; thus, a large increase in survivability, economy, and increased space for ops flexibility. Increasing the use of conventional (or antiquated) big guns takes us the opposite direction. Despite how cool they look.

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