Comments on: The gun is mounted on an unstable platform https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/the-gun-is-mounted-on-an-unstable-platform/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 30 Jun 2026 15:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Sam J. https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/the-gun-is-mounted-on-an-unstable-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-3036574 Sam J. Mon, 03 Feb 2020 07:24:59 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46103#comment-3036574 Thanks for this post. It was super interesting. I enjoyed reading it.

]]> By: John Dougan https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/the-gun-is-mounted-on-an-unstable-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-3034976 John Dougan Sat, 01 Feb 2020 00:57:57 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46103#comment-3034976 Slightly OT, but in case y’all were wondering about hypersonic missiles still:

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/missile-defense-weapons/scramjet-powered-cruise-missile-emerges-new-us-priority

And a belated answer to questions about lasers:

https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htada/articles/20200125.aspx

]]> By: Lu An Li https://www.isegoria.net/2020/01/the-gun-is-mounted-on-an-unstable-platform/comment-page-1/#comment-3034723 Lu An Li Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:52:08 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=46103#comment-3034723 Even with all the advancement in naval gunnery the results at Jutland were very poor. The number of hits for all the rounds fired on both sides a bad ratio.

Pre-dreadnought warships carried a variety of calibers that also made spotting of rounds as needed for correction difficult.

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