I understand from the economic fasc...uh...public/private partnership video put out by ICx Technologies, themselves a group of connected "access capitalists," that that tinted glass will stop a 7.62 armor-piercing round.
And, of course, if you need to return the compliment, the Sky Watch Frontier model provides "optional ballistic capabilities."
This certainly makes me feel a lot better about buying all my Chinese goods at WalMart!
[Via Skip]
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Stout chain or even rope already fastened securely to a pick-up, w/loaded cargo space for better traction, man in right seat gets out quickly, loops and secures to base, remounts, take-off, down she goes. Man in right seat unbuckles and off they go. Well rehearsed and trouble shot, 15-20secs. to execute. Or just stand under it with a 30.06 FMJ and let er' rip. Well placed molotov, or ramming.
Wonder how fast they come back to earth when set on fire...
Looks to me like a potential oven on stilts. Hmmm.
Bullet proof glass or not, I would not want to be in one of those things with a crowd of angry people surrounding it. Not when there could be bottles filled with gasoline around.
Thermite on one of the legs, and I suspect she'll lay over.
Thermite on both legs, and you'll get something spectacular.
Actually, on further review, I don't see any locks on those outriggers. Run one of them back into the sides, insert a decent sized lever or just a few big 'ole boys, and she's coming down hard.
It doesn't look very stable, does it?
And they've got to come out sometime.
It all reminds me of the old story of the Polish resistance fighter who was asked how they were supposed to deal with Nazi tanks with only old bolt action rifles.
"When they get out to take a piss, shoot them in the head." All you have to do to bring one down is wait for the shift change.
Spencer Abraham ...
Ah, that name brings back the memories.
Once the center of gravity falls outside the support legs, the tower goes over, simple physics. A large forklift or a dozer could do that. Simpler is a RPG or a number of .50 BMG rounds.
Of particular note should be the bit in the propaganda video which shows the operator bragging about seeing under peoples' clothing.
PG, just went back and rewatched that and still don't hear him say that. Where in the video (min/sec)?
David,
My mistake - there is a link in the video you'd linked to, described as "want to see the inside of one of these things", which points to a second video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-KFag3kdV4
The specific point in question is at 39 seconds from the start of that video, describing the use of infrared cameras to "detect if someone is hiding a weapon" - one of the operators then goes on to point to and describe a section of in-video video where someone apparently has a nightstick on their person, covered with clothing.
Hi David:
Three words
Linear
Shaped
Charge
(Timberrrr!)
Easy enough to make if you're an Urbanski terrorist.
(Even up in the great white north, eh?)
Posted anonymously to avoid giving monkeys free meat.
In the product demo video, the spokesperson says the generator (located at the base) holds 100 gallons of diesel fuel. Given that the flash point of diesel fuel is 140 degrees, and a road flare burns at 1400 degrees, hmm...
Is it just me, or has anyone else been seeing these for the last couple of years?
I've been told that they're usually put up in places that have been receiving complaints about criminal activity (car break-ins, assaults, etc...).
I completely understand the possibility of these being abused, but as long as that's not the case, would it not be a good idea to support local law enforcement for actually serving and protecting?
I don't need their "protection" and I certainly don't want to be "serviced".
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