Would it be practical and feasible to create a modern "Flying Fortress" that has retractable Phalanx CIWS turrets, among other weaponry?
No - modern bombers primary concern is not gun carrying fighters. First, a Phalanx turrent by it's self is useless. You have to have the radar and firecontrol system to aim the thing, Ships have huge phased array radars that provide 360 degree coverage. Secondly, a CIWS is not effective against a SAM or AAM - they are smaller and faster than an anti-ship missile, and they are designed to detonate before hitting the target anyway. Planes are more fragile than ships, so anti-air missles rely on blast fragments to do most of the damage. If a CIWS could even hit a SAM, the plane would already be in the blast range of the warhead.
The UNSC Warthog resembles the Singapore Army’s Light Strike Vehicle, which is used exclusively by the Singapore Guards.“It eats tanks for breakfast” is an exaggeration (propaganda video, what do you expect), but the LSV is used in an anti-armour role. The picture and video show a Mk II LSV; previously, it was the Mk I, which was used between 1998 and 2013:According to a friend who worked in the Guards (and also a Halo fan), what he’s supposed to do is go on patrol in an LSV, but if he comes across any tanks, run away and report to higher HQ. No way is that going to stop a tank, come on. The Spike missiles and Matadors are for defensive purposes.Even in the Mk I times, the standard mounted weapon for the LSV wasn’t a LAAG like the Warthog, It’s an automatic grenade launcher.So. Warthogs, or at least, Warthog-like vehicles, are already in use. No, the LSV hasn’t actually been in a war. But if the theories and doctrines dreamed up by the Singapore Army top brass think it’s suitable, then there you go.Oh, just a small tidbit: the Mk II’s driver is in the centre. Not left or right. Mk I was on the right.
The main tall buildings were monstrous brick work structures with bearing dividers that came to a thickness of 6-8 feet at their most reduced levels. On the other hand, the ascent of the tall building, as another sort of urban structure, really started with the first steel auxiliary casings. The Woolworth Building (New York, 1913), one of the most punctual basic steel casings, held its title as world's tallest building for a long time until the construction of the Chrysler Building. Inevitably, engineers concocted any number of auxiliary advancements that made exceptionally tall buildings conceivable. Working together with the improvement of basic advancements and safe lifts to lift possessed space ever higher into the sky came building systems to bolster and secure life.
Why are modern telescopes reflectors rather than refractors?
There are a few reasons that most modern telescopes are generally reflectors or catadioptrics rather than refractors. 1. Large flawless lenses are difficult to make and the larger they are, the more prone they are to field distortion. Also, lenses by themselves suffer from something called chromatic aberration, where different colors focus to different points, and the only way to correct for this is using more lenses to make the system free of chromatic aberration...or apochormatic as it's called. 2. In large apochromatic refractors, multiple lenses must be made greatly increasing the cost and weight of the telescopes optical tube. Also, refractors typically have long focal lengths and a large 12" refractor may have to be many feet long to accomodate this. 3. The sheer weight and size of a large refractor means that they must have very heavy duty mounts which raise them well off the ground. Mounts are typically the most expensive part of the telescope so a 12" refractor ends up costing many tens of thousands of dollars. In comparison, a 12" reflector or catadioptric such as a schmidt cassegrain can be had for under $2000. Only a primary mirror, secondary mirror, and in the case of catadioptrics, a corrector plate has to be made which is far less work intensive than making multiple large lenses. Reflectors and catadioptrics can be made with folded designs so they can have long focal lengths in short tubes, and can also just be made with short focal lengths without introducing too many errors. Also, even with large apertures, such as 12", the tubes typically don't exceed 50lbs or so and the mounts can be much smaller and transportable. One exception as far as catadioptrics go are Maksutov Cassegrains. Their corrector plates are fairly thick lenses and these lenses have the same attributes which limit the size of refractors.....they get more difficult to make and overtly heavy if they're made to large so Maksutov Cassegrains tend to be smaller.
What are the main differences between classical/ancient and modern philosophy?
The OT is a Christian e book, a rewrite of the Jewish Tanach with differences to assist Christian ideals. The Jewish Tanach is comparable to it became over 2000 years in the past (that is copied very intently via particularly knowledgeable scribes). the foundation of judaism became written down around 2000 years in the past from the oral suggestions that have been taught from era to era. (All previously Jezus.) we are nonetheless following that comparable Judaism, with all that is straight forward suggestions of performing morally. the only great difference is that around 200 years in the past, Reform Judaism became began that's greater secular than orthodox yet follows actually a similar theology. (to make clean, greater secular does not not mean thoroughly secular the way many US non-Jewish individuals are, in any respect) In Judaism, we've constantly studied & study the Tanach very in yet in any different case than Christianity does. So, our faith under no circumstances had lots resemblence to what Christainity teaches touching directly to the OT. It under no circumstances required blood sacrifices, nor became violent. Prayer became in use returned in Temple days, & the Sanhedrid became a revolutionary judicial gadget that became so strict on standards for capital punishment that it became sentenced no greater effective than as quickly as each 70 years.