We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/02/this_reminds_me_of_a_story.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:43:30 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The German arms industry, seeing a down market in sales of hardware to their own Army, is getting innovative. Any of you in the business will know that the Marines have been grumping for years about the paucity and relatively small caliber and range of naval gunfire in support of warfare in the littoral regions. The grumping really started with the retirement of the last 8in gun cruisers during Vietnam - as there simply weren't that many battleships. And now even they are gone, leaving just the 5-inch gun. The Navy has experimented with mounting MLRS launcher modules on surface... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/02/this_reminds_me_of_a_story.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/02/this_reminds_me_of_a_story.html Thu, 19 Feb 2004 19:35:28 -0600 The design is for a still platform so they would need an add-on device for stability during rough weather or high speed but it looks workable. Why redesign the wheel everytime. Someone was using their brain. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/02/this_reminds_me_of_a_story.html#comment-2333 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/02/this_reminds_me_of_a_story.html#comment-2333 Sat, 21 Feb 2004 18:50:19 -0600 Oh man... I built a wooden kayak a few years back... think they'll build a kit to let me retrofit that baby up front ?? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/02/this_reminds_me_of_a_story.html#comment-2308 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/02/this_reminds_me_of_a_story.html#comment-2308 Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:19:05 -0600