Stamets [Mirror]@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agoThe real conspiracy Oliver Stone doesn't want you to knowstartrek.websiteimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down119
arrow-up1347arrow-down1imageThe real conspiracy Oliver Stone doesn't want you to knowstartrek.websiteStamets [Mirror]@startrek.website to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 11 months agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months ago We already have automatic nerf and paintball turrets which to me says even if I haven’t seen one, it exists for real guns too. I’d like to introduce you to the US Navy’s Phalanx CWIS. It’s a fully automated 20mm rotary turret designed to destroy aircraft, missiles, and small boats.
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI’m not sure I understand what is going on in that video. Is the line from tracers and it’s just firing stupidly fast?
minus-squareSolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoYeah. The line is tracers. Only every 7th round or something like that is a tracer, though. So for every one you’re seeing there’s another six you’re not seeing. It’s very much an ‘accuracy by volume’ sort of deal. The thing looks goofy as hell, though.
I’d like to introduce you to the US Navy’s Phalanx CWIS. It’s a fully automated 20mm rotary turret designed to destroy aircraft, missiles, and small boats.
I’m not sure I understand what is going on in that video. Is the line from tracers and it’s just firing stupidly fast?
Yeah. The line is tracers. Only every 7th round or something like that is a tracer, though. So for every one you’re seeing there’s another six you’re not seeing. It’s very much an ‘accuracy by volume’ sort of deal.
The thing looks goofy as hell, though.