[–] 2 points 2 years ago

Depends.

They're gps guided 155mm artillery rounds. The electronics and guidance in them reliably survive the 50,000 g-force hell of being shot out of a cannon and then land (when used correctly) within a meter or 2 of their intended target over the course of a 20+km distance.

God knows how much was invested over the years to develop the system, and even once that's recovered there is still an impressive amount of high precision manufacturing required to make a single one.

I'm positive they're probably making $30k+ per round, but if it does its job is it worth it?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    It's mental to me that you're being down voted. I know by making this comment I'll join the down vote club, but whatever.

    Those who are down voting ask yourself, which state in the world would accept their neighbour indiscriminately firing missiles at their civilians?

    Hamas attempts to murder innocent Israelis, IDF responds by attempting to take out position where rockets came from. Hamas keep (and often concentrate) civilians near launch site who get killed, they publish the aftermath, now Israel is the bad guy for not allowing Hamas to indiscriminately murder people.

    Ask yourself, had Israel not been able to shoot down the rockets and they hit a school, how would you feel about the deaths of Israeli children?

    If you say "I'd feel terrible, children are children", then you're halfway there. Israel are taking steps to protect their children as any rational actor would. Hamas are quite literally putting them in the firing line. Why not let the children in the tunnels? Why not fire rockets far away from civilians?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Nah you're arse about. It'd be like saying all internal combustion engines are generators.

    Engines just drive things, like cars, generators, lawn mowers etc. They're a technology for rotating something.

    Heat pumps are just a technology for moving heat.

    Not going to reply any further as unsure at this stage if you're trolling. Literally just go read the Wikipedia page on heat pumps.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    No you said heat pumps are air conditioners which is wrong.

    Heat pumps are a technology.

    Some are used as air conditioners, some are used as heaters, some as both. Some are used for heating liquids, some are used for cooling foods. They simply move heat from one location to another, application and reversibility independent.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Agreed, but 2 important things in my eyes.

    1 - renewable surpluses. As wind and solar keep ramping , hydrogen is a fantastic way to store that energy. Sure, there are efficiency losses but it's transportable, able to be stored long term, and able to be used from small scale to grid scale applications.

    2 - total life cycle cost. There is an incredible amount of emissions embodied in evs. Haven't seen a comprehensive analysis of a h2 vehicle but I would imagine a few hundred kilos of missing lithium is a good thing.

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    So I love a bit of exploring areas I'm not necessarily meant to be in, but broke the end of act 2 a little bit.

    Went down the stairs in moonrise towers before fighting Ketheric on the roof and found myself in the mind flayers den with the blood lake where you can hear chop in the butchery, but can't reach him.

    Turns out you can.

    Either misty step or dimension door can be successfully cast to get you into the butchery, which if you proceed gives you no way back and lands you on a path to the final Ketheric fight without having faced him on the roof.

    Not a great glitch or anything but thought it worth sharing none the less.

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