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Re:Electric ferry uses a long extension cord [video] by baud147258 on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @08:41PM (#33633822)
TOW missiles date back to 60s-70s, so I don't think they had access to tech that good at the time; for more modern efforts the Javelin (from the 90s) has equivalent range and no wires.
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Re:Electric ferry uses a long extension cord [video] by stavros on Wednesday November 16, 2022 @08:55PM (#33633925)
That makes sense, thanks. Isn't the Javelin unguided (or self-guided), though? This means it doesn't need wires not because communication with it is wireless, but because it doesn't need to communicate at all.
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Re:Electric ferry uses a long extension cord [video] by baud147258 on Thursday November 17, 2022 @04:37AM (#33636726)
ah, true, I was misremembering how it did work, I though there was some guidance done by the shooter after the missile had been fired.
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