Originally Posted by Carth (Post 36211912)

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The two words I highlighted lead me to guess at a build completion date of around 2048 . . . way too late, everything will be different by then.
We'll be making explosives while the rest of the world are using Lasers :D

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36211895)

I think they're already in trouble, the UAE has sent 30 times defending itself than it cost Iran to attack them, they are running out of weapons and so are other Arab states, hence donnie has demanded US arms manufacturers quadruple their output.

Quite surprised this never gained any traction, apparently in the negotiations that were abruptly cut short by America attacking, Oman foreign minister & negotiator is claiming Iran agreed to everything, no nuclear material stockpiling, IAEA monitoring, US spot checks, no weapons grade enriched uranium the lot, seems war war was preferable to jaw jaw though

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36211913)

Meanwhile Trump, who is genuinely just not very clever, hasn’t understood the economics of high-intensity missile defence and still thinks America can just finance and build unlimited Patriot interceptors to fix the problem he and his fellow idiots have caused.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36211913)

Actually we already have lasers … :cool:

https://news.sky.com/story/dragonfir...rones-13051553

Dragonfire has been in development for 10 years but should see its first deployment on a ship next year.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 36211917)

On a ship, what are we thinking, it should be strapped to the head of a fricken shark

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36211920)

Then we should anchor off the coast of any nation that displeases us and demand the sum of ONE MILLION DOLLARS