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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (81140)	2/9/2009 12:38:40 PM
From: one_less	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I watched three videos over the weekend (Gengas Khan, Andrew Jackson, and General Sherman). All of them proved they could conquer, subjugate, and settle the world on their terms. But these 'terms' are no longer acceptable in modern society. I think we can stand on the shoulders of men like these to envision a brighter scenario. However, the annoyance of rocket attacks and other terrorist operations are a distractions. Modern terrorism is no less than extortion on a global scale. We have technology available that could potentially neutralise conventional weaponry. But it seems we are clinging to ancient strategies that are no longer applicable like: annihilation, surrender or die, genocide and conquering. I like these, they don't stop attacks but they neutralize them rendering them purposeless: "Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL):...It features up to 60 shots without reloading and, if it meets design goals, a probability of kill of nearly 100% at a range of 5 km." C-RAM:..."Israel is considering buying the system to counter rocket attacks and defending point military installations. Each system costs $15 million, and uses a 20 mm M61A1 Gatling gun firing 3,000 or 4,500 M-246 or M-940 rounds per minute. The shells are fused to self-destruct in the air." Iron Dome:..."Robust But Selective Defense By 2010, the official said, Air Force users will be ready to declare initial operational capability of the lowest-tier Iron Dome defense. The initial $215 million will yield a miniaturized multimode radar, Iron Dome launchers, a battle-management-and-control (BMC) unit and "a respectable operational inventory" of high-speed, homing interceptors, the official said. "We're talking about a very generous, day-night, all-weather, area-wide footprint. Anything that enters our sector we'll be able to shoot down. This system will not be constrained by altitude, characteristics or concentration of incoming salvos." Oron Oriol, director of Rafael's Air-to-Air and Air Defense Missile Systems, said the protective footprint of one Iron Dome battery will exceed 100 hundred square kilometers. "A single launcher can protect a medium-sized city like Haifa or about 15 times the area of a small town," he said. The Iron Dome system will also protect against Katyusha and other longer-ranged rockets launched from Lebanon." Thanks for the links.