[geeks] Multi-Barrel Machine Guns

[Nick B]

As much as I love overkill, and I really really love overkill, I think the
GAU-8 is a *bit*
bigger than you really need when shooting at speedboats.  Also, I'm not
entirely sure
the structure of the average container ship would survive firing a
Goalkeeper.
  Nick

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com>wrote:

> A few of those goalkeepers, coupled with a laser targeting system (or a
> manual
> override) would help end the Somali pirate 'problem' toot-sweet!
>
> Lionel
>
> On Aug 30, 2011, at 1:45 PM, Nick B <nick at pelagiris.org> wrote:
>
> > I think that's more of a deisgn choice than an engineering limit, as the
> > GAU-8 in the A-10.
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAU-8_Avenger
> > And of course, some insane Finns decided to hook it up to the CWIS
> system,
> ending up with Goalkeeper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalkeeper_CIWS
> >
> > Nick
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