2018 - Railgun for US Navy.

[TheReal_ND]

Nah flight time is probably higher than ship running time. Of course the battle ship overall cost is higher but as far as rail guns and lasers go, cheap as dirt to operate.

[SuburbanFarmer]

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LMFAO THAT IS THE DUMBEST THING IVE EVER SEEN

[TheReal_ND]

You don't remember jncos?

[SuburbanFarmer]

You don't remember jncos?

I do. Those were stupid as fuck too.

[Okeefenokee]

I mean... cost comparison to tomahawks?

[Okeefenokee]

All good on the open seas.

Hey, it's a cool toy. Should be great if the Muslims assemble a Grand Armada to storm our beaches.

Want to knock down a fortress door 100 miles away... there ya go. Knock Knock bitches.

....or just send a fighter jet. Or a tomahawk...

Hey, I love paying all my taxes to the military toys, when we just can't figure out fucking healthcare and feeding the poor.

Send a multi million dollar jet, or a half million dollar missile. Don't bother with a chunk of metal flying faster than either of those can, with a much smaller signature. Nah that would be dumb. grumps said so

[Okeefenokee]

When your nearest competitor is using Vietnam-era technology, and your social programs are falling apart, you probably don't need to blow a wad on phasers and transporters.

I would agree - except for the fact that our social programs are falling apart because the left thinks the American tax payer must foot the bill to bring the entire 3rd world out of poverty.....

Now, if we could just divert the MIC from war machines to space mining.....

We could probably end global poverty with our military budget alone. Hunger, certainly.

fuck you're dumb. they aren't hungry because they're broke. they're hungry because they can't run functional states, which is why they're broke. you can't buy them a government that works.

[Okeefenokee]

No its insanely expensive to operate let alone put ordinance on. Tomahawks are a quarter million a shot. That's probably high end ball park for one f-35 missile.

Cheaper than a battleship.

we don't have any fucking battleships

[Okeefenokee]

I think you set a record in this thread.

[TheReal_ND]

We don't own battleships? Wtf? Fuck this gay earth.