Hey, sorry for the delay, but a combination of circumstances is slowing me down on the next page. I’m working on it, though! Be done soon!
Well, for those who suspected and theorized, this is the proof – with Mike and Sarah, the connection goes both ways. And for everyone wondering about the “Phalanx” turrets last week, it’s really just the last line of defense. The UNA actually calls them CRADS, pronounced “See-Rads,” meaning Close Range Area-Defense System, a component of the CBM or Counter-Ballistic Missile defense system, which in spite of its name also is useful against cruise missiles, TERCOM (terrain-contour-matching) weaponry, and aircraft. As this page shows, guided interceptor vehicles are the long-range component. And they all need a very good computer to guide them.
Anyhoooooo…
Yeah, long weeks are going to be the name of the game for me for the foreseeable future, but I’m still chugging along, here. But I am working on some interesting little things here and there, and we’ll see what becomes of them over time! For now, sleep. O yes, sleep. All the best, folks!
A Patriot Missile System that actual works! Something the actual 1990’s wanted so badly! 🙂 (to be fair, the modern system does work as advertised)
These are cruise missiles, not ballistic missiles, and therefore harder to shoot down, so even better.!
Ballistic missiles have very finicky geometry and the rocket has to be exceptional. Something capable of ICBMD only needs a good sensor suit or airborne ISR to do CMD.
Something capable of CMD needs a redesign to do ICBMD.
In answer to Sarah’s question, I’d say that’s a Big 10-4 from Mike.
So, now the enemy gets closer and/or tries to saturate the defenses.
Good thing they have Mike, but is he going to be enough?
Dance Of The Vampires all over again.
The question now is, which runs out first: incoming missiles, things to hit them with, or processor power to direct those things. One gets the impression that the good Major’s brain may itself be being used to augment Mike’s wetware and take some of the burden of at least gross localisation and targeting off of Mike, freeing him up for the fine-detail work.
Oh, hey. Just noticed something seems ‘off’ with the intercepts. There are four contrails on the right, three interceptors from the lower left, with four intercept ‘booms’, and one of the contrails still leads off the left side. It’s like one interceptor took out two (the leftmost and upper most) even though those don’t look anything like in the same Z-axis. The preceding panel only shows three cruise-missiles. I’m confused. But very cool.