Comments on: Dr Nakamatsu promises to invent missile shield if elected governor of Tokyo

By: equinoXio » » Reelegido el ultraderechista Ishihara en Tokio

equinoXio » » Reelegido el ultraderechista Ishihara en Tokio — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:47:15 +0000

[...] En la segunda de las tres partes en que se han dividido las elecciones locales en Japón, el ultraderechista Shintarō Ishihara, de 74 años, ha sido reelegido para un tercer mandato al frente de la capital nipona, con más de 2,6 millones de votos. Ishihara venció a Shirō Asano, del opositor Partido Demócrata del Japón (PDJ) y a otros candidatos, algunos de ellos bastante pintorescos, como el ultraizquierdista (y fenómeno de YouTube) Kōichi Toyama, quien pidió "destruir al Japón", o el inventor Yoshirō Dr. Nakamats Nakamatsu, quien prometió la construcción de un escudo contra misiles para defender la metrópoli de ataques enemigos en caso de resultar elegido. [...]

By: soothsayer

soothsayer — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:48:52 +0000

wow… I would really like to know how he would make enemy missiles “turn around”, since Boeing and Raytheon can’t seem to figure it out, and they have made the PAC-3, AEGIS SM-3, THEL, and Airborne Laser, which are all state-of-the-art anti-missile systems.

The answer is: You can’t do it. Missiles have EM sheilding, which would make trying to “take-over” or “hack into” a missile and steer it off course during its flight impossible. Also, for ICBM/TBM’s, the rocket motor burns out after it reaches a certain altitude, and it is essentially all down to physics after that because it is just falling to the earth in a parabolic arc. You have to use a missile that expolodes near it (blast radius), a kinetic hit-to-kill missile, or a laser to take those out.

Nakamatsu is an idiot if he thinks he can make missiles “turn around”.

By: Transpacific Triangle » links for 2007-03-24 by Graham Webster

Transpacific Triangle » links for 2007-03-24 by Graham Webster — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:31:37 +0000

[...] Dr Nakamatsu promises to invent missile shield if elected governor of Tokyo » Japan Probe Nakamatsu said he planned to invent a missile shield system that can “make missiles turn around.” When asked how he planned to accomplish the feat, he replied, “I cannot give you a simple answer.” (tags: strategic, missileshield, tokyo, japan) [...]

By: Rip

Rip — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:34:56 +0000

how dare you japanese seek the ability to defend yourselves from attack!

you will upset the balance of power and create instability!

By: Peter Pan

Peter Pan — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:49:30 +0000

Here’s an idea, leave the politics to the politicians (not that Ishihara is really a politician — he’s a short story writer), and the inventing to the inventors. The governor isn’t supposed to be spending his time inventing stuff, that’s why he commissions inventors to do it.

“…if he becomes governor…”

So he wont if not elected? “Screw you guys, I’m going home.”

“…he will invent the ultimate missile shield to protect the nation’s capital from enemy attacks.”

And what, it will be used to defend Tokyo… Only? What about the rest of Japan? “Screw you guys, home.. Ah Ah Ah, HOME.”

Nut job…