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Posteritatis

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7. That's an innovative definition of "becomes operational"

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Jan 1, 2015, 12:49 AM

Jan 2015

The ammo count in is actually in line with other fighters with that caliber cannon - 180-300 rounds is pretty common - but the fact that it (1) requires specialized software to fire (2) that has not yet been developed is ... impressive.

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