Warporn? WARPORN?!

[theredpen]

Every now and then the wingnuts forget to pretend that they don't get off on war and death. "Culture of life" my ass.

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/02/01/warporn-new-navy-railgun-sets-records-for-megajoules-awesomeness/">This post at Michelle Malkin's "Hot Air" includes a clip demonstrating some impressive new railgun technology invented by the Navy. Instead of being presented with appropriate awe, it is presented with all-too revealing glee. The poster, Allahpundit, notes at the end of his writeup, "I … have to go lie down again." Yeah, with a jar of Vaseline and some Kleenex.

Sick. Fucks.

[fenriswolf]

1. I have to admit

rail guns have always been a sci fi favorite. with the weaponry here I am actually kind of scared, long range supersonic bullets able to peirce anything, we have got to get war under control before it consumes us.

[theredpen]

4. I love me some rail guns... but not war

I always enjoy using the rail gun in first person shoot games. Bang-splat!

Also, if we ever get to the point on mining the Moon, rail guns will be useful in launching payloads into lunar orbit.

The technological advancement necessary to build this weapon will have other peaceful uses, and war isn't always avoidable.

It's not cause for celebration either (which was my point).

[mediaman007]

2. These weapons are invented to protect our country. They're invented to

protect the rich and gather resources. We just happen to live where the rich live. Soon enough, we will be expendable, if we aren't already.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Sort of like, we can destroy their hate with

our hate.... uhhhh no. I like what this thing had to say about it.



OHHHHHHHHH! Dude, I think I have war wood!

conservnut on February 1, 2008 at 9:52 PM

[alfredo]

5. 300 was a good example of war porn

[water]

12. You know you liked it!

[alfredo]

13. Just the trailer. I could tell it is for young guys who have never had

a gun pointed at them.

[TheWatcher]

21. Go to Iraq and try living it.

Then we'll see if you have such a hard on for it.

[ThoughtCriminal]

6. Watch it on the Military Channel

Which was once a fairly interesting "Wings Channel". I still watch it occasionally for some interesting technology and history.

I think some "fans" watch "Future Weapons" and think that with this technology, we should be invincible. Blowback and asymetric strategy are probably never discussed.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. I have to ask ..... what the hell is a rail gun?

[CGowen]

8. wiki has info on it

A railgun is a form of gun that converts electrical energy (rather than the more conventional chemical energy from an explosive propellant) into projectile kinetic energy. It is not to be confused with a coilgun (Gauss gun). Rail guns use magnetic force to drive a projectile. Unlike gas pressure guns, rail guns are not limited by the speed of sound in a compressed gas, so they are capable of accelerating projectiles to extremely high speeds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_gun


I think it was used in the movie Eraser with Ahnold

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHoIMBXKSos

[Stinky The Clown]

9. Ah .... okay. So it doesn't really exist.

I thought it might be like one of these .... although this is technically a mortar.

[CGowen]

10. The Navy is testing it so it does exist,, but it's big....n/t

[Richard Steele]

20. No, they actually do exist, and have for some time.

They just aren't being produced and used by any military forces
at the moment (that we know about).

[Bigmack]

11. I used to get a stiffy messing with guns...

then I hit puberty and discovered girls.

Guns can be interesting, they can even be works of art, but the adoration/lust that some feel for weapons is unseemly.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. Why is a fifth of every bookstore in America stocked with military history books?

So timid white guys who work in offices can get they war groove on, son.

[water]

15. Why mention race?

[alcibiades_mystery]

16. Check the sales demographics for military history

It is, shall we say, disproportional to the population. Think hockey.

[water]

17. I don't know where I can find those figures. Care to show a link?

[truebluecollar]

18. Mea Culpa

I'm a white boy who loves military history. I think its a part of our DNA.

[Rex]

19. Whatever makes it easier to kill them at a distance.

You know...gotta kill kill kill. It makes you a man to kill. Series.