I’d be fine with just the train horn.

You’d better be set up for your defenses to rely on nonradar based defense ...

Boom!

I wonder if a MASER might do the trick though.

You’d be better off just shooting nukes into the sky designed to detonate in the upper atmosphere near enemy nukes.

I was really fascinated with the project and obsessed over it for a bit.
Here’s a really cool 1960s era propaganda video that you might like:

Oh dearie, yes it does. You just don’t live in the right part of the country my child.

I’ve been coming back to the comment to see what that weird creep is saying this time.

I miss that show so much.

Look up the Sprint and Ajax anti-ballistic missile programs. They were abandoned decades ago because ABM technology is too expensive (and unreliable) relative to the cost (and use) of a nuclear missile.

Aren’t ballistic missile interceptors still illegal?

Sprint was awesome, but it wasn’t feasible.

I’d be interested in how many fire missions the battery as run and an average of rounds per mission. That would give you a better idea of how busy they are, but based on the low number of rounds overall, I would argue not very.

Dearie is a word used when talking to children...the same with “my child” and “kiddo”. Everyone knows that...in fact, you can even look it up on this thing called the “internet”

Oh lawd, your problem is worse than I thought... now you can’t even remember who to be a jerk to.

Good grief you’re the worst kind of fool: a naive and condescending fool.

I’ll have to hang my socks there next time.

Maybe, but this was on an overpass, while at a red light, waiting to turn and take the highway onramp...

Wrong.

My college roommate went JAG in the Army. He loves it. Talks about some interesting stuff. I was surprised to learn that cocaine has been a growing problem with the officer corps.