Transporter gliders are coming back.

A rendering of a freighter plane pulling a cargo glider. (Aerolane) (Ttnews,Aerolane Seeks to Use Freighter Planes to Pull Cargo Gliders)

Large-sized gliders used in WWII to carry jeeps and cannons to airborne troops. Then those gliders disappeared. The new large-sized, wide-body cargo planes made those gliders unnecessary. And they left out the air. But the large-sized cargo gliders are making a comeback. Expensive gasoline makes those cargo planes a reasonable solution for decreasing costs in civil and military aviation. The glider that the cargo plane pulls behind it can decrease fuel use by over 60%. And those flying trucks are new tools for making new types of cargo systems. 

Gliders could also transport troops on the roofs of buildings. And they could carry things like equipment to the disaster areas. As well as. They could carry people and cargo to regular airfields. Those gliders can carry large structures through the air. And they can make a revolution for air cargo. Those gliders can be. The systems that are AI-controlled. So those systems don’t need pilots. 

But the fact is that. The aircraft can also pull jet fighters or cruise missiles behind it. Near the operational area, those fighters would be released. And that makes them operate. With more fuel. Then, if they would fly to that area by using their own engines. This technology has been tested in some parasitic jet fighter programs. The idea was that the escort fighters would travel under the wing, or be pulled by bombers. This would be the answer to the problem that those escort fighters had a far shorter combat radius than strategic bombers. 

“A German defense company has successfully tested an uncrewed cargo glider designed to support frontline military units, a technology that Tokyo is also exploring as it looks to bolster its capabilities in islands to the far southwest of the Japanese archipelago.” (SCMP, Can German stealth cargo gliders boost Japan’s remote island defence and logistics?) 

"Logistic Gliders Inc. tested a dozen prototype cargo gliders, deploying them from carrier aircraft and landing them in the desert. PHOTO: LOGISTIC GLIDERS INC." (IeeeSpectrum, Disposable Delivery Drones Undergo Successful Tests With U.S. Marines)

The Waco CG-4 Cargo glider was a typical cargo glider of World War II. (Wikipedia)

Shahed-131

MQ-9

The stealth cargo gliders can also act as weapons. The same system that carries cargo to a certain point. It, or its miniaturized version, could carry a warhead to a similar point. The aircraft could pull glide bombs behind them. 

Another thing that glider technology can give is the technology. There, one cruise missile pulls the other behind it. That could almost double the range of those weapons. 

The nuclear-powered drone. That uses. A Radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG). That system gives those drones an unlimited range. As a power source for the electric engine. This drone can pull another drone with a conventional engine behind it. Or the drone can pull things like cruise missiles behind it. This gives the missile. An extended operational radius. Things like Shahed-131-type. Drones can be equipped with RTG-driven electric engines. 

And they can pull another drone behind them. In some idea, RTG-powered MQ-9 Reaper-type drones are tools that can pull cruise missiles or Shader-131 drones behind them. Those systems can have a capacity for long-range operations. Those drones can have. The AI-based target recognition system. And the same seeker that is used in Hellfire missiles. 

https://www.aerolane.com/products

https://spectrum.ieee.org/disposable-delivery-drones-undergo-successful-tests-with-us-marines

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3343528/can-german-stealth-cargo-gliders-boost-japans-remote-island-defence-and-logistics

https://www.ttnews.com/articles/aerolane-gliders-airfreight

https://www.twz.com/news-features/how-americas-shahed-136-clone-became-an-indispensible-weapon-of-war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahed_131

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_CG-4

Why shooting a grenade to orbiter is so hard?

Why shooting a grenade to orbiter is so hard?

The fictional "Columbiad" could shoot a shell to the moon. The image is from Jules Verne's fictional novel "From the Earth to the Moon". 

Can movement continue forever?

If we are thinking about things that are larger than some quantum-size objects: the answer is no. And the reason for that thing is friction. When a thing like a grenade travels through the air, the ammunition transfers the kinetic energy to the air molecules. And that thing sucks the energy that is loaded into the grenade when it is left from the cannon. 

Another thing that is slowing the grenade or ammunition in the air is the vacuum behind the ammunition. And that thing would pull the projectile backward. So shooting the grenade to the orbiter is a very difficult thing.  Because of those slowing effects, the shell requires an extremely high punch that will break everything inside the shell. 

There is the possibility to make the grenade or other ammunition that flies farther than other grenades simply by denying the form of the vacuum behind the shell. That thing can be made, by making the channel through the shell. 

And that thing would remove the vacuum. There must be some kind of plate behind the shell that will drop away when the shell is leaving the pipe of the cannon. And the air that flows through the grenade denies that the vacuum cannot form.

What means "mirror-friction"? That means the energy travels from the environment to the object. Normally, energy travels out from the object to the air. But if the object has the minimum energy level, that means the energy would travel from the environment to the object. And the movement continues until the energy levels in the object are the same as its environment. 

So what is friction? Friction is the energy transfer from the higher energetic object to the lower energetic area. So there is the possibility that the zero-point energy will make the grenade or ammunition travel even around the Earth. Or maybe that thing would not work on Earth but if the object's energy level is lower than its environment the energy would start to travel from the environment to the shell. 

That object would travel through the atmosphere a very long way. The idea of the ammunition that can travel around the world is basing one simple thing. If that object has a minimum energy level the energy can travel to the object. So that thing is the reflecting the friction. But is that thing possible to make in real life? The thing is that the movement continues until the energy levels are stable. 

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=429

https://thoughtsaboutsuperpositions.blogspot.com/

Fission bullets, the most lethal projectiles in the world

Kimmo Huosionmaa

We all know, how effective depleted uranium ammunition is against armor and this ammunition is used by NATO in various conflicts. There are rumors, that there might be more effective and terrifying bullets existed in Russia, but as we might know, some of the projects, what are claimed to made by Soviet scientists might have the origin in other lands.  Nuclear weapons are a politically sensitive thing. But they are very effective and in theory is possible to make the radioactive bullet, what will destroy an entire building with one shot.


And that's why some nuclear weapon projects are outsourced to Russia. In this case would be the thing, what is called "fission bullet", and if it exists, the thing would be the smallest nuclear weapon in the world. This would be made of Californium or some other synthetic highly radioactive element. The idea of those weapons is that they are subcritical, and that makes them harmless, but those materials must be stored in a very cold place, where the temperature is near absolute zero points, what is minus 273 degrees Celsius.


Because if the temperature rises the fission would be accelerated. This is the idea of subcritical nuclear weapon. The bite of the highly radioactive material would be radiated by electromagnetic radiation, what raises its temperature and accelerate the nuclear reaction. The fission bullet would be shot with a normal machine gun or other weapons, and during the flight, the piece would be heated by targeting it with electromagnetic radiation.  This type of weapons is extremely dangerous and easy to a product if the state has nuclear reactors.


The weapon would be modified M-203 or AK-47 grenade rifle, and when the shooter opens the fire, the bullet would fly in the microwave spotlight, what would make it heating. In this case, the grenade launcher would be replaced with microwave system, what would be used to heat the bullet. If this weapon has existed, it would be the smallest nuclear bomb in the world. The Californium bullets are very lethal even without electromagnetic stimulation, and if they hit to tank, that would be melted immediately.

Nuclear bullet part begins in 6:31

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1JK_LLM_xw

The nasty tricks, what only the criminal mind can do

http://kirjabloggaus.blogspot.fi/p/the-nasty-tricks-what-only-criminal.html


Kimmo Huosionmaa

When we thinking about the situation, that somebody has left bayonet in the chest of a victim, we must consider one thing. That bayonet or knife can be shot to the target by using the crossbow. Normal people would not suspect that the knife would not be the strike to the victim by using the hand. The situation that knife has been shot to the victim can murderer use to mislead the officers of the law to watch another way, and that would leave the criminal change to flee away. This is one of the ways to look at the thing, why crossbows became popular in Europe. Of course, they were very effective in the use by cavalry, and if they have feet-iron under the weapon, could the cavalryman use that weapon by single hand.

And that is the reason, why Wilhelm the Conqueror won the battle of Hastings in 1066. But when we are thinking the very nasty ways to make murders, one of the best could shoot the bayonet in the chest of the victim by using the crossbow. Do you know, why I write this text? The reason for this is I found a 9 mm Parabellum caliber blank patron on the road. And by using that kind of things, is very easy to make one bad thing for the victim. In this trick, the victimized person would make angry by violating all day long. And then the murdered just gives the victim the patrons, what are not functional.

After this, that person might set up that victim as the attacker and uses own weapon to that person. That weapon can be the knife, and then that murderer just calls to police, that he made that thing as the self-defense. The type of that blank patron is quite interesting and this type of patron can be used as the trap, or it might be used to test the pistol or sub-machine gun. When we are thinking about this kind of patrons, they have marked that somebody owns weapon what is suitable for 9 mm. Parabellum patron and all that kind of weapons are automatic- or self-loading pistols and sub-machine guns like Glock 17 or Heckler&Koch MP-5. I don't own the gun or shot this patron, but it was laying on the road and brought this thought to my mind.

http://kirjabloggaus.blogspot.fi/p/the-nasty-tricks-what-only-criminal.html

Why are X-37B and “Global Hawk” drones built?

X-37B
(Picture 1)

Kimmo Huosionmaa

X-37B represents new kind of thinking about military devices. Its mission is to fix the problems of intercontinental ballistic missiles. The main problem of those extremely powerful weapons is actually that when they would be launched, the strike cannot be delayed, even if the opponent wants to talk. This is the problem with all nuclear devices. When the strike has begun, nothing could stop those weapons.


Sometimes I have asked, why the cruise missiles would not have wheels, that they could be returned to the base if the strike would be unnecessary. Wheels under the belly of cruise missile would allow using this weapon by any road in the world. This makes those weapons extremely dangerous, because those weapons don’t need any launchers, and they could deliver from any truck in the world.


They can also store in any warehouse in the world. Cruise missiles are actually one type of drones, and that equipment can be connected together. Same drones can be used as the normal duties of strike and reconnaissance. But in the global crises, they can also equip with nuclear warheads. That kind of drones can also use DEW (Directed Energy Weapons) to shut down enemy satellites or destroying airplanes. Those microwave and laser weapons are similar, what is used in metal industry. They would get their power from the solar panels, or if the drone flies lower it can use windmill turbogenerators to create necessary electric power.  Those weapons simply cut off the satellites solar panels or wings from other aircraft or they might melt the body of the aircraft.

RQ-4 "Global Hawk"
(Picture II)

Space drones like X-37B might be also working as a cruise missile. I have sometimes earlier wrote about this thing, but that equipment can be launched to the orbital, and it can wait in there the order to begin the attack. But when we are thinking about extreme high altitude flying drones like “Global Hawk, could those drones attack any target on the world by using GPS-guided bombs. Those weapons are very sharp, even they would drop from 20 kilometers above the target. They also might carry laser weapons, what can use against the targets, what are below this vehicle. The laser itself is laying inside the drone, and the ray would be pointed to the target by using turning mirror.


This kind of drones can carry smart weapons in internal bomb bays. But they also can equip with nuclear weapons. Nuclear bombs can also use GPS-guidance for precision targeting. Modern warfare is quite different than ever before. Drones and manned bombers can operate together, and also B-52 size bombers can be hybrid. They might have the capacity to operate as UCAV- drones or manned bombers. And they can drop the more dangerous equipment, what human ever could imagine.



In those bombs might have the robots, what might look like snakes, rats or mice. The artificial mice are actually the devices, what mission is to slip in the ammunition and fuel warehouses and they might be equipped with explosives. But those mice can also have the microwave- or laser devices, what they can use for warming grenades. Those electromagnetic weapons allow for avoiding the explosive detectors.


That makes those DEW (Directed Energy Weapons) so dangerous. If somebody would slip the microwave device with battery inside some airplane,  the results could be devastating. That magnetron might warm the structure of the airplane to very high temperature. And the problem is that this device is unseen by the bomb detectors. Also, the firepower of those weapons could not be limited, what makes possible the scenario, that some operator forgets that weapon in use, and that could cause the very dangerous situation if the microwave would be targeted to civil aircraft or other infrastructure.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk

Picture 1

https://img.newatlas.com/x-37b-lands.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&ch=Width%2CDPR&crop=entropy&fit=crop&h=347&q=60&w=616&s=020c3dbd714e3805e49ab685f92b68d2

Picture 2

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Global_Hawk_1.jpg/1200px-Global_Hawk_1.jpg

The laser-crossbow might be very good idea, but this might stay in level of idea for a long time

Picture 1

Kimmo Huosionmaa

When we are playing the computer games, we will see the most incredible weapons, what man can ever imagine. One of the most exotic ideas of the laser-weapons is the mixture of a medieval bow and the laser gun. When we will first look at this weapon, we must think that the creator of that mixture is insane. But if the thinker has the engineers way of creating products, might somebody think that this kind of thing is not bad at all.


The reason for mixing the bow and laser might be, that the laser system is equipped with hand use generators, what will give electric power to that system. If the laser is equipped two electric generators, the user might reload the batteries of that weapon by pulling the bowstring, and this movement will rotate the generators inside this weapon.


That’s why the laser, what fictional Chewie uses in Star Wars might be not bad at all. The bow’s structure will eliminate the overheating of the system, and because this weapon could rearm without outer electric supply, and because this kind of laser has limitless firepower, that might be interested in the real world military men.


But this kind of weapons has one security problem. They need no outer electricity, and that’s why the weapon what creates it ammunition inside their core are far more dangerous than any other weapons. The number of bullets or number of shots is normally limited by the number of bullets, but this kind of weapon what creates it supply power with the internal generator, so there will be no limit for shots. The generators must do like the rotating speed is so fast as possible, and then it can give power supply for that laser.

Picture 1

http://hight3ch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/laser-crossbow.jpg

The same technology that is used in the smart bullets can use in airships and passive attack flechette rounds

Picture 1

Kimmo Huosionmaa


Same technology what is used in smart bullets (1) can be used in flechette ammunition, what will be dropped from the airships what, are flying very high altitude. Those miniature missiles can take any person out if that person is defined to the target for the elimination operation. The user of that kind of weapon might be airship or aircraft what operates at extremely high altitude.


Those airships might be very small size, and they could be launched from the submarines and they might be only less than half meters long. And if we are honest the size of those vehicles can be as the personal pontoons, what are used in the children swimming pontoons. They might be built by mylar, the material what was used Echo satellites (2) , so they can fly at the edge of space. And because their small size they are very hard to locate in the sky.


That kind of extremely small airships can also import to the country with agents in their packages, and after the order to use those vehicles, they only must fill the gas tanks and blow the vehicle full, and after that, the operators might control them via satellites. And the worst case is that those vehicles will go to hands of the dictators. They might use those weapons for eliminating any person, who will not obey them.


Those miniature airships are like blimps but they are far smaller. Of course, they can use as the surveillance operations, but they might be effective by using smart flechettes, what might guide to the target with laser guidance. And if that equipment will use for the assassination purposes, they will be extremely dangerous for any person, who will be listed for elimination.


This might hear like the science fiction, but this technology already exists. The remote-controlled airships already come in the peace and war. Their mission is to locate enemies and fill the intellectual capacity in some areas. And same technology what is used in the normal smart bullets can be used in the smart flechettes. Those weapons works like the ground team spots the target for the GPS-system and after that the airship comes to the area and locates the drop point for that flechette, and then the ammunition will be targeted to the target with laser guidance, what can use by the drones or some persons, who point the target with laser designators.

Pictures

1. http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/05/Test_flight

Sources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_bullet

2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Echo

Writing about problems of thermobaric explosives

Kimmo Huosionmaa

There is one good question in the modern strategic field. That question is "why the USA doesn't create thermobaric explosives like Russian army"? Somebody thinks that the USA wants to be humanitarian and makes only the direct pointed weapons, like magnetic warheads, where small dynamo makes an electric field, what melts the ammunition core.


Those kind of weapons are actually very new, and there is no need for internal explosives, only the powerful dynamo in the ammunition is enough to melt that projectile as a liquid metal. That kind of ammunition is very dangerous for airlines because there are no explosives, what can notice that weapon.


But why the USA doesn't get the most powerful explosives on the earth? The problem of thermobaric explosives is that weapon is loaded with fuel, what is very low-temperature vaporizing material like propane or acetone. Thermobaric explosive works like that way, that there is a small explosive inside the bomb, what makes the cloud of those chemicals. After that, the ignition explosive will explode that chemical cloud with extreme huge power. That pressure effect-weapon is very powerful, and it is used in some nuclear simulations after nuclear test ban treaty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lyvoNGWGFU

And that thing causes problems with those weapons because if the ammunition core will be warm, that fuel will vaporizing, what makes the rise of pressure. That might cause the danger, for the user of those weapons. Another major problem with thermobaric explosives is a leak of those chemicals, what cause explosions or the situation, where those weapons will leak empty. That is a very bad scenario, especially for the man-portable thermobaric weapons, like rifle grenades and bazookas, what are equipped with thermobaric warheads.


And of course, new radiological weapons like the microwave and crossed radio masers, what causes arc flame inside the building can make those weapons to explode. Many of chemicals that are used in thermobaric warheads are not poisonous, but they might cause risk of explosion in the warehouse. And if that explosive material leaks away from the warhead, it will cause the situation, where those warheads are useless against the enemy.