David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 4 months agoSilicon Valley getting back to its roots: the Y Combinator cruise missilewww.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up154
arrow-up154external-linkSilicon Valley getting back to its roots: the Y Combinator cruise missilewww.ycombinator.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoTo me this looks like it’s already been out-innovated by the USAF: https://newatlas.com/military/quicksink-modular-strap-on-kit-smart-bomb/ Range of 40nm, other glide bombs have longer range.
minus-squarebitofhope@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 months ago40 nanometers is a terrible range!
minus-squaregerikson@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoit’s what you get when you don’t involve private sector innovation!
minus-squareBlueMonday1984@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoPart of me suspects there’s plenty of those kinda kits out there. The appeal’s pretty obvious - just pop the fucker onto any random dumb ordnance you’ve got laying about, and boom, instant smart bomb.
To me this looks like it’s already been out-innovated by the USAF:
https://newatlas.com/military/quicksink-modular-strap-on-kit-smart-bomb/
Range of 40nm, other glide bombs have longer range.
40 nanometers is a terrible range!
it’s what you get when you don’t involve private sector innovation!
Part of me suspects there’s plenty of those kinda kits out there. The appeal’s pretty obvious - just pop the fucker onto any random dumb ordnance you’ve got laying about, and boom, instant smart bomb.