Blazing Satellites: Guns in Space!. One of the weirdest Russian experiments ever…machine guns in space!
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By John C Dvorak Saturday August 7, 2004
Blazing Satellites: Guns in Space!. One of the weirdest Russian experiments ever…machine guns in space!
image by M. Higgins
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From the story: “A periscope connected to a visor on the main control panel allowed drawing a bead on the intended target.”
HaHaHahaha..
They were going to manually track an in-coming missle/object?? Against a star-field background?? hahahahaha
An automated fire-control system, with radar guidance – maybe. But, a manual, line-of-sight based system?
Makes me think of George Hamilton’s Dracula, in Love at First Bite – after biting the wino – “What was that maniac drinking!?” 🙂