» Sun Aug 01, 2010 2:57 am
Probably the single most complex, expensive, densely packed, weapon of war capable of eliminating several dozen targets in minutes without anybody ever knowing. I speak, of course, of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawolf_class_submarine.
In close second are the weapons that contributed the main reason that the Cold War never turned into a direct conflict.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_class_submarine, and their predecessors, were the reason nuclear deterrence worked and still works. Missile silos on the ground can be targeted, and watched; but nobody knows where the SSBNs are except for the fact that they are always somewhere close, and always ready. You can't plan a nuclear war if fully one third of the enemy's nuclear weapons are invisible and unpredictable.
As far as firearms go I like revolvers. No one in particular. Although I like the idea of old cap and ball revolvers, like the famous 1851 Navy revolver that Wild Bill and a dozen other noteworthy and famous old timers like him used. It's a very methodical, personal weapon. Just watch all the steps you have to go through to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuyryalXfpE.
Can't say I like rifles though, especially not the AR-15. I do not enjoy firing that weapon at all, and the M9 pistol for that matter. Both come off a too clunky for my tastes. :shrug: