Notices by MichaelPhillips (michaelphillips@dice.camp)

@whvholst @cstross @simonbp @_thegeoff @foone @green_bens @Hcobb @nyrath
I vaguely remember discussions of using EMPs. And I will not claim that no one in the American military is enough of a shortsighted asshole to advocate that. But by the '90s? Even the shortsighted assholes knew better even if they weren't willing to be quiet about it

@cstross @whvholst @simonbp @_thegeoff @foone @green_bens @Hcobb @nyrath sure, but these aren't Gulf war projects. These are from the '50s.

@simonbp @_thegeoff @foone @whvholst @cstross @green_bens @Hcobb @nyrath
Remember these plans came from before we had reliable ICBMs. There weren't a lot of spy satellites to be knocking out of orbit with your EMP at that point

@nyrath do they have the last concept version of the Orion drive craft? The original one, not the modern project. Orion

@Hcobb @nyrath off the top of my head, I can think of two reasons. One is not wanting your propulsion source to have lateral movement. And the second is the fact you need to be able to get that bomb under the plate when it's on the ground