[lbo-talk] Radar article on "Security" Profiteers

[Carl Remick]

>From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
>
>"3.3.3." wrote:
>
> > Half of the "war-critical" people I know ( I wouldnt call them liberals)
> > just know about Halliburton/KBR, and maybe recently Blackwater. Hell, I
> > didnt even know about Paladin or ManTech before this.
>
>So? Why do they need to know more?

I certainly welcome occasional details on the inner workings of the war 
machine, since they are so often revealing of the nightmarish power of 
today's weaponry.  I was stunned to see this item in the Radar article:  
"WAYNE DOWNING -- After leaving his post as Deputy National Security Advisor 
in 2002, Downing served his second stint on the board of Metal Storm, a 
small Aussie outfit that's invented an electronic supergun capable of firing 
one million rounds per minute (seriously). It's particularly good at 
vaporizing things—vehicles or people, for instance."

Checking further on this, I find that this one-million-rounds-per-minute is 
a "theoretical" rate of fire, and there are certain technical limitations 
that still pose problems for implementing this weaponry.  I  would imagine 
reloading, for instance, would be a doozy of a challenge.  
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Storm>

But that's the military-industrial complex, for you, bless their hearts!  
Always dreaming the impossible dream -- engaged in the never-ending pursuit 
of the ultimate in ways to vaporize, shred and incinerate people.

Carl

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