Metal Storm in Brisbane

[Almighty Colin]

[CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/06/26/australia.metalstorm/index.html). 6.27.03] BRISBANE, Australia -- Imagine a gun that fires a million rounds a minute -- enough to shred a target in a blink of an eye, or throw up a defensive wall against an incoming missile.

This is Metal Storm, a weapons system that forsakes old-style mechanics for the speed of electronics.

Its inventor is Mike O'Dwyer, a one-time grocer in the Australian city of Brisbane. He's spent 30 years and much of his own money to develop the technology.

Now, finally, the doors are opening for him at the Pentagon, the U.S. Defense Department's headquarters.

[Ironhorse]

Ouch. Anyone heard of MechWarrior? This is getting close.



Last edited by Ironhorse at Jun 27 2003, 06:34 AM

[cj]

wait till we show them our other weopon invention ... boltcutters!!!

:okthumb:

[Almighty Colin]

Check this out:
"Where network-centric warfare is going is moving the principal systems of weapons from the big, heavy, slow stuff to the small, light, fast, inexpensive (weapons), many of (which) -- and here's the important part -- is very smart."

I think the key phrase is: "network-centric warfare "

It's interesting how different paradigms infect the thinking of so many different disciplines. We're seeing networks everywhere. Now we're seeing the linked battlefield. A move towards faster smaller units working as one. We saw quite a bit of that in the Iraq conflict with the increased coordination of mech, infantry, and air. One particular example was the ground forces having screenshots of where enemy targets were in real-time as spotted by helicopters and planes.

Of course, networks are everywhere else too. They are appearing in the white papers of many somewhat unrelated scientific disciplines.

[JR]

its interesting that guys are so focused on blowing shit up all the time.
:(

sometimes i wish women were the dominant ones. we would all be intensely focused on which shoes matches our ear rings instead of developing longer range missiles and over throwing governments... and the world would be a quieter place.



Last edited by JR at Jun 27 2003, 04:53 AM

[Rox]

Originally posted by JR@Jun 27 2003, 04:53 AM
its interesting that guys are so focused on blowing shit up all the time.
:(

sometimes i wish women were the dominant ones. we would all be intensely focused on which shoes matches our ear rings instead of developing longer range missiles and over throwing governments... and the world would be a quieter place.
Men are simple creatures... if they can't fuck it, kill it or eat it, they're usually not interested.

That's not necessarily a bad thing, since it makes 'em pretty easy to please. :rokk:

[macho]

damn, does any 1 have an image of Metal Storm?

[Almighty Colin]

Originally posted by macho@Jun 27 2003, 10:30 AM
damn, does any 1 have an image of Metal Storm?
http://www.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/06/26/aus...torm/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2003/BUSINESS/06/26/australia.metalstorm/index.html)

Could keep one of these babies in the backyard and no one would be the wiser. Can get rid of those pesky cattle once and for all.

[swoit-steve]

I can see this being an invaluable household tool for stopping door-to-door salesmen :-)


Steve

[Ironhorse]

Originally posted by JR@Jun 27 2003, 06:53 AM
sometimes i wish women were the dominant ones. we would all be intensely focused on which shoes matches our ear rings instead of developing longer range missiles and over throwing governments... and the world would be a quieter place.
And here I thought women WERE the dominant ones =)



Last edited by Ironhorse at Jun 27 2003, 05:55 PM

[Winetalk.com]

I would LOVE seeing Scott using it
;-))))

[Timon]

Originally posted by Rox@Jun 27 2003, 09:45 AM

Men are simple creatures... if they can't fuck it, kill it or eat it, they're usually not interested.
Hey I'm not simple!! I can't fuck, eat or kill my car but I am VERY interested in it!! ;-))

[cj]

Originally posted by Rox@Jun 27 2003, 09:45 AM
Men are simple creatures... if they can't fuck it, kill it or eat it, they're usually not interested.
LMAO

that's a pearl

:wnw:

Timon, you can fuck IN your car ... you can kill it ... you can eat in it, go through the drive through etc its all relevant
:biglaugh:

[Timon]

Originally posted by cj@Jun 27 2003, 10:50 PM


Timon, you can fuck IN your car ... you can kill it ... you can eat in it, go through the drive through etc its all relevant
Oh yeah so how about my POWERTOOLS!??

Huh!? Huh!?

[Torone]

How interesting! An adaptation of rail-gun technology.

[sudden]

Metal Storm 40mm pod and flashbangs (http://63.228.99.201/metal_storm_40mm_pod_and_flashbangs.mpg)

At least this guy's got it right - not just inventing weapons out of interest of destryoing shit, but also to make tons of money ;)

[*KK*]

Eh, fuck it, eat it, kill it or DRIVE it, I would say...

[Timon]

Originally posted by *KK*@Jun 28 2003, 07:18 PM
Eh, fuck it, eat it, kill it or DRIVE it, I would say...
See, now you're making sense...

But you forgot "make lot's of noise with it"! Gotta love my guns too ;-)

[cj]

Originally posted by Timon+Jun 28 2003, 10:26 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Timon @ Jun 28 2003, 10:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin--*KK*@Jun 28 2003, 07:18 PM
Eh, fuck it, eat it, kill it or DRIVE it, I would say...
See, now you're making sense...

But you forgot "make lot's of noise with it"! Gotta love my guns too ;-)[/b][/quote]
i'd file that under 'kill it' ...

[un1t]

i wonder if theyd be interested in my patented magnesium, sodabulb and coke can bomb technology

[Blacker]

Im suprised someone from Australia throught this one up ... this is the kind of invention which I would look at and sigh 'Only in America' ...