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Interesting read. (after finishing reading the entire article)
I have my reservations.
Especially about line of sight weapons. Which really aren't that useful. The fact is most wars today take place on land. The only reason the navy (especially cruisers, frigates, and destroyers) aren't obsolete today is their cruise missile technology. And in the aircraft carriers ability to project force with aircraft.
Yes they do have uses where collateral damage could be detrimental. But you are spending a lot of money for that! We have guns that can do the same thing.
I'm not sure about the railgun, but isn't that line of sight too? Although they compare it to artillery. So I'd imagine they shoot it at an arc. But how is that in any way accurate. And even those will have limited range.
Next we move onto flywheels and capacitors. Now I have not kept up with new technology. But the energy industry has been saying these things for years. But haven't implemented any of these ideas. While the most likely reason is they are cheap bastards, but there is a possibility these technlogies aren't practical enough for storing electricity. It's something we could use in the west where our peak electricity useage is at 4:00 PM. We need every power plant in the region going, or we're ****ed. If we could store electricity from generators overnight, we'd be in a much better situation, and wouldn't need as many generators.
I have my reservations.
Especially about line of sight weapons. Which really aren't that useful. The fact is most wars today take place on land. The only reason the navy (especially cruisers, frigates, and destroyers) aren't obsolete today is their cruise missile technology. And in the aircraft carriers ability to project force with aircraft.
Yes they do have uses where collateral damage could be detrimental. But you are spending a lot of money for that! We have guns that can do the same thing.
I'm not sure about the railgun, but isn't that line of sight too? Although they compare it to artillery. So I'd imagine they shoot it at an arc. But how is that in any way accurate. And even those will have limited range.
Next we move onto flywheels and capacitors. Now I have not kept up with new technology. But the energy industry has been saying these things for years. But haven't implemented any of these ideas. While the most likely reason is they are cheap bastards, but there is a possibility these technlogies aren't practical enough for storing electricity. It's something we could use in the west where our peak electricity useage is at 4:00 PM. We need every power plant in the region going, or we're ****ed. If we could store electricity from generators overnight, we'd be in a much better situation, and wouldn't need as many generators.
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