David GerardMA to TechTakesEnglish • 28 days agoSilicon Valley getting back to its roots: the Y Combinator cruise missilewww.ycombinator.commessage-square61arrow-up173arrow-down10
arrow-up173arrow-down1external-linkSilicon Valley getting back to its roots: the Y Combinator cruise missilewww.ycombinator.comDavid GerardMA to TechTakesEnglish • 28 days agomessage-square61
minus-square@geriksonlinkEnglish11•26 days 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-square@geriksonlinkEnglish10•26 days agoit’s what you get when you don’t involve private sector innovation!
minus-square@BlueMonday1984linkEnglish8•26 days 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.