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Steve Blankensh
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"Curtis L. Russell" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Gary Smiley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > George Carlin once did a comedy bit about how guns were like dicks, and how troops had to have
> > bigger "dicks" than the enemy. So I'm sure you're just salivating over this cannon. But it's
> > April Fool's day now, so you can tell me anything you want. You can tell me that the moon is
> > made out of green cheese, or that we're in this war to protect "freedom". But
this
> > cannon thing is the most outrageous piece of ******** I have ever heard. It's never been made,
> > it's never going to be made, but if it ever does
get
> > made, well then you can call me stupid. Until then I'll just chalk it up as an April Fool's Day
> > rant on your part.
> >
> Its never been made, but Hussein was serious about trying to make it. It
was
> on 60 Minutes, among other shows. Don't think it got past a bunch of
pieces
> cast for the barrel.
>
> Don't see why it can't be done. OTOH, I wouldn't volunteer to be anywhere near the first attempt
> to fire it. Something tells me snap shots wouldn't
be
> the order of the day either. So what it would accomplish that rocketry couldn't do better (other
> than a lack of projectile signature and hard to intercept - except that everyone knows where the
> cannon is and blows it up instead), I can't figure out.
>
The supergun was once supposed to be a cheaper alternative to a long-range missile program. In
truth, it's obsolete technology - long since superceded by even cheaper and more flexible
alternatives like hijacked airliners, "dirty" bombs and bio/chem. Martyrs cost a lot less than
satellite arrays and inertial guidance systems...
SB
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> "Gary Smiley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > George Carlin once did a comedy bit about how guns were like dicks, and how troops had to have
> > bigger "dicks" than the enemy. So I'm sure you're just salivating over this cannon. But it's
> > April Fool's day now, so you can tell me anything you want. You can tell me that the moon is
> > made out of green cheese, or that we're in this war to protect "freedom". But
this
> > cannon thing is the most outrageous piece of ******** I have ever heard. It's never been made,
> > it's never going to be made, but if it ever does
get
> > made, well then you can call me stupid. Until then I'll just chalk it up as an April Fool's Day
> > rant on your part.
> >
> Its never been made, but Hussein was serious about trying to make it. It
was
> on 60 Minutes, among other shows. Don't think it got past a bunch of
pieces
> cast for the barrel.
>
> Don't see why it can't be done. OTOH, I wouldn't volunteer to be anywhere near the first attempt
> to fire it. Something tells me snap shots wouldn't
be
> the order of the day either. So what it would accomplish that rocketry couldn't do better (other
> than a lack of projectile signature and hard to intercept - except that everyone knows where the
> cannon is and blows it up instead), I can't figure out.
>
The supergun was once supposed to be a cheaper alternative to a long-range missile program. In
truth, it's obsolete technology - long since superceded by even cheaper and more flexible
alternatives like hijacked airliners, "dirty" bombs and bio/chem. Martyrs cost a lot less than
satellite arrays and inertial guidance systems...
SB