60gb of music? Have you heard of playslists? Who needs to keep 500 hours of music on their device? Or a cloud service?

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I understand, the hype about cruise missiles negating a carrier has gotten out of control.

Who is buzz killington? I am not sure I understand your point, my comment on carriers came late to the discussion last time... These are my words on carriers as a rebuttal to Diaz.

Not if deployed from a orbiting vehicle, if it is launched rather than just released at the correct time it won't need to deorbit in the traditional sense. You would need a orbiting weapons garage or a space vehicle capable of launch rather than just a release.

I was going to say the same thing... Diaz is the worst when it comes to the military, he is like one of those people who thinks they know a lot about everything but really knows just enough to sound stupid while believing he is correct.

I realize your post is from yesterday but just wanted to point our that for a kkv you do not need a propulsion system... Just a projectile dense enough to survive reentry on a stable course, which is pretty easy for a device that needs minimal sensitive electronics.

It is interesting that Al Qassam had a pre operational strength of 30-37 thousand and Islamic Jihad another 8-10 thousand have both been largely devastated... It is estimated that both Hamas and Islamic Jihad have utilized close to 75-90% of their munitions. A good bulk of their strength is deployed in these tunnels…

He just released a new book to continue the series, it was great!

I enjoyed the Void storyline, but I get your point. I enjoy consistent characters and settings, it leaves more room for science, technology, environment and story without a lot of setup... That is why I lump Commonwealth stories together.

Yes, the entire Commonwealth story is superior to Nights Dawn

Love all your choices but if you like those these are also awesome;

you are insane... How can you be a person who likes gizmodo and not want to see this movie?

Kitchen tech would be awesome, I was disappointed with the lack of it at the gizmodo home of the future expo. All they had was a few appliances that already retail...

Did you not read what I just wrote? Chromed surfaces would not slow down a military grade laser. Also, yes rain and fog would degrade a laser beam but not by much.

I do not quite understand what you are saying? You are saying that because the Russians could under very controlled circumstances sink a US carrier that this makes them obsolete?

That is a common misconception, laser weapons are different from things like laser pointers and while the spectrum can be different that is not what separates them. For "weapons grade lasers" you could reflect some of the light but you cannot reflect enough of the heat to make practical. The amount of armor and…

You cannot compare a battleship meant for direct combat without escorts to a carrier that is completely dependent on escorts and not meant for direct combat.

This idea that carriers are becoming obsolete is the height of stupidity, the role of carriers may change, the deployment strategy may change, the counter measure systems may be upgraded, the escort types and amounts may be adjusted but they are in no danger of becoming obsolete.

There are lots of good Halo books... The Kilo-Five trilogy is awesome.