tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post3662760184346757715..comments2024-03-27T06:40:56.148-04:00Comments on EagleSpeak: These Boots Are Made for Shaking: "Iran Navy to build aircraft carriers"Mark Tempesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-23725893846424455402011-10-03T10:14:35.653-04:002011-10-03T10:14:35.653-04:00Back long ago and far away some tribesmen designed...Back long ago and far away some tribesmen designed a cross bow that fired (our) grenades. It not only lobbed them three times as far as a person could throw them, it pulled the pin of the grenades upon launch. Great air bursts if target was more than a few meters. <br /><br />This was from a warrior society that was centuries behind everyone else. <br /><br />This "grenade launcher" cost nothing (excluding labor).Papa Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454201360366303944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-57215080937052987462011-09-29T11:46:10.550-04:002011-09-29T11:46:10.550-04:00I have visions of Bavar-2 (which looks suspiciousl...I have visions of Bavar-2 (which looks suspiciously like some kit planes that are on the market)being flown from a dhow.<br /><br />Like Lex says: the first hundred years are the tough part.<br /><br />BTW, the XFV-1 sat outside a hangar at Moffett Field for many years (where I first saw it) then ended up on display in front of HC-6 at NAS Norfolk, when I went to their VERTREP school in the 70s. Wikipedia sayeth that it was moved to the Smithsonian's Suitland Facility, since then.Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388843890140644376noreply@blogger.com