From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Sun Mar 23 2003 - 20:09:10 MST
In a message dated 3/23/2003 7:41:27 PM Central Standard Time,
spike66@attbi.com writes: Nope, not my area of expertise. My only real work
with weaponry was late in the first Bush administration when we were trying
to figure out civilian uses for mil-systems no longer needed. Altho you see
a lot of humvees on the road these days, we found that in general military
equipment is not highly adaptable for civilian use.
Spike,
That is sort of the lesson we learned after World War Two. At the
time there was some military equipment that would have made delightful
civilian toys (P-51) but when guys started running a cost analysis they found
it was not to be. LOL
I finally found the proper combination of words on Google to get some
information on the Navy's project to develop extremely long range naval guns.
Apparently we have weapons under development that should give us 50 to 70
mile range. Here is the site
http://www.atk.com/releases2/2002Releases/2002-01-10-ANSR2.htm
Ron h.
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