| From: | Starjammer <starjammer@**********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: A new gun for the New Millennium |
| Date: | Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:21:02 -0500 |
>David B wrote:
>> The current theory is that it's an Aurora prototype.
>
>I don't buy the Aurora spy-plane idea. With satellites being what they are,
>the need for a spy-plane that much better than the SR-71 seems way to
>marginal to justify the cost.
>
>I will buy the hyper-sonic plane idea, though. Scientific American this
>month (Feb 1999) has an article on the next gen of... well... concepts meant
>to bring payload into low-earth orbit. Among the topics discussed are
>scramjets. The military, at least economically speaking, can make a much
>better case for investing in low-cost orbit-attaining tech than they can for
>spy planes.
Satellites aren't all they're cracked up to be. Well, let me rephrase
that... They actually are, but it's still not the be-all and end-all of
surveillance. The SR-71 is a venerable aircraft, but if the military can
build a better plane, they'll try.
And if you replace the words "spy plane" with the word "bomber"...
How
would you like to be able to get a nuke anywhere in the world undetected in
four hours without worrying about ABM defenses?
--
Starjammer - starjammer@**********.com - Marietta, GA
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death
that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it
to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn
the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be
nothing. Only I will remain."
-- Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear, Frank Herbert, Dune
