Charles Gray wrote:

And required maitenance and was no where near a "store and fire"
weapon. You would need fueling facilities and that means taht "wooden
rounds" where you simply stick it in a container until you need to
shoot, are right out.

And that's the big sticking point with a defense system built around
garage built el cheapo vunderveapons. I'll buy that you could
assemble them and fire them off, and get a flyaway cost under $10K and
a PK of .25 or so. But I won't buy that the same will hold true once
the weapons are stored a month or two, or a couple of years.

D.
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