Re: Development of UAVs

From: Paul Saccani (traptinnedspicedham_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/06/05 

To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org
Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2005 10:23:41 +0800

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:13:50 +0800, "Wylie Wilde"
<wylywylde.remove100bullets@singnet.com.sg> wrote:

>It looks promising. If they can make the computer AI smarter and cheaper on
>the machine, a lot of tasks - guard duty etc.. - could be reassigned to it.
>
>The Metal Storm weapon also got featured in JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY
>
>But I wonder how they intend to rearm it. Storing all the ammo in the barrel
>poses some serious storage issues.

By swapping out the 12 barrel pod, the usual way of reloading metal storm
devices. In service, the old pod/module/cassette may be discarded, or returned
to factory for reconditioning. The total weight and volume of such a system is
surprisingly similar to other means of packaging ammo for bulk use.
cheers,

Paul Saccani
Newman West Australia

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