David GerardM to [email protected]English • 9 months agoSilicon Valley getting back to its roots: the Y Combinator cruise missilewww.ycombinator.comexternal-linkmessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up153cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up153external-linkSilicon Valley getting back to its roots: the Y Combinator cruise missilewww.ycombinator.comDavid GerardM to [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square60fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•9 months 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish11•9 months agoit’s what you get when you don’t involve private sector innovation!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•9 months 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.