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All the acronyms are over the top. Have they heard of my Project SCIMITAR? (Symbolically Capturing Information by Making Inane Trite Acronyms to Rememberstuff)
by rdiddly 7y ago
All the acronyms are over the top. Have they heard of my Project SCIMITAR? (Symbolically Capturing Information by Making Inane Trite Acronyms to Rememberstuff)
Joking aside, if they can get this into a compact form that can be adequately supplied and cooled, it'll be a quantum leap in weaponry. You're talking about going from hurling chunks of matter that in turn impart kinetic and thermal energy, to being able to project energy directly.
- dba7dba 7y agoThe Scimitar? The name was already taken for a military project/equipment before you were even born. It is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army, fielded starting in 1970s. It is both amazing and slightly terrifying... Imagine when this weapon can be hand carried by an individual soldier. Or even a crew served weapon like a 'Ma Deuce".
- rdiddly 7y agoHey I was born pre-moonwalk, and not just the Michael Jackson kind either. (Don't let my immaturity fool you.) Scimitar link: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV107_Scimitar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV107_Scimitar
- ARandomerDude 7y agoA. Some of us aren't British. B. Every so often the military hits the reset button on nomenclature. For example, the B-1 was not the first bomber ever built.
- inflatableDodo 7y agoI always liked, 'People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms'.
- thatoneuser 7y agoOh man the term "quantum leap" is wrought with irony ;)