Rapidly developed to meet an urgent Ukrainian requirement, the FrankenSAM concept is now being eyed for the U.S. military. Rapidly developed to meet an urgent Ukrainian requirement, the FrankenSAM concept is now being eyed for the U.S. Air Force.
So that was a sobering line of thought. I thought of something that now just makes me sad about this whole thing.
The gist of it is that, certainly StarCraft got inspiration from real systems, but, with the age of the people being thrown into this mess it’s fair to wonder if they are more familiar with the one of the biggest eSports game series of the last couple decades more than an obscure piece from before they were born.
Much like how any modern wars or world wars are going to be fought by kids far more familiar with video game combat rather than military history.
I need to get more up to speed on this stuff. I ain’t as young as I once was, but the way things are looking these days we’re likely to get thrown into something or another while I’m not too old either…
Somebody was a fan of StarCraft when they thought this up.
https://starcraft.fandom.com/wiki/Missile_turret
(These fictional turrets also feature a pilot between missile batteries spinning around)
U.S. system from 1989:
I think StarCraft pulled from real life, and the Ukraine system also parallels this design rather than an overly dedicated StarCraft fan.
So that was a sobering line of thought. I thought of something that now just makes me sad about this whole thing.
The gist of it is that, certainly StarCraft got inspiration from real systems, but, with the age of the people being thrown into this mess it’s fair to wonder if they are more familiar with the one of the biggest eSports game series of the last couple decades more than an obscure piece from before they were born.
Much like how any modern wars or world wars are going to be fought by kids far more familiar with video game combat rather than military history.
War is Hell, indeed.
The Avenger is still the current US short range system. A number of them were delivered to Ukraine from US stockpiles as well.
Neat. I hope they serve well.
I need to get more up to speed on this stuff. I ain’t as young as I once was, but the way things are looking these days we’re likely to get thrown into something or another while I’m not too old either…