Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Out of Context Comics@lemmy.world · 4 days ago"We chipped them out of flint."lemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down12cross-posted to: archery@lemmy.world
arrow-up1176arrow-down1image"We chipped them out of flint."lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to Out of Context Comics@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: archery@lemmy.world
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoIt doesn’t have to be a bomb. It could be like a demon core. The tank drivers get a blast of gamma but it’s a very small lethal radius. The bow is actually a better delivery mechanism than a RPG. It’s slow enough that there is time for the caveman to duck under cover.
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoExcept it’s going to go straight down with the weight. Makes more sense to launch via slingshot.
minus-squareBlue_Morpho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoIt already violates the size requirements of any atomic weapon we know of (minimum mass for criticality also defines minimum size) so it could be hollow and weigh very little.
It doesn’t have to be a bomb. It could be like a demon core. The tank drivers get a blast of gamma but it’s a very small lethal radius.
The bow is actually a better delivery mechanism than a RPG. It’s slow enough that there is time for the caveman to duck under cover.
Except it’s going to go straight down with the weight. Makes more sense to launch via slingshot.
It already violates the size requirements of any atomic weapon we know of (minimum mass for criticality also defines minimum size) so it could be hollow and weigh very little.