Decius wrote:
] ] However, there have also been a number of people who
] ] claim I'm overstating the case and that it's not possible
] ] to build a real cruise missile without access to
] ] sophisticated gear, specialist tools and information not
] ] readily available outside the military.
] ]
] ] So, in order to prove my case, I decided to put my money
] ] where my mouth is and build a cruise missile in my own
] ] garage, on a budget of just US$5,000.

Oh how I'd have been the envy of everyone in the Rocket Club back in JR high armed with THIS info! ;)

Laughing Boy

P.S.
If he pulls this off, someone at Lockheed please give this guy a job and save the tax payers a couple bucks!

Decius wrote:
] ] However, there have also been a number of people who
] ] claim I'm overstating the case and that it's not possible
] ] to build a real cruise missile without access to
] ] sophisticated gear, specialist tools and information not
] ] readily available outside the military.
] ]
] ] So, in order to prove my case, I decided to put my money
] ] where my mouth is and build a cruise missile in my own
] ] garage, on a budget of just US$5,000.

Oh how I'd have been the envy of everyone in the Rocket Club back in JR high armed with THIS info! ;)

Laughing Boy

Decius wrote:
] ] However, there have also been a number of people who
] ] claim I'm overstating the case and that it's not possible
] ] to build a real cruise missile without access to
] ] sophisticated gear, specialist tools and information not
] ] readily available outside the military.
] ]
] ] So, in order to prove my case, I decided to put my money
] ] where my mouth is and build a cruise missile in my own
] ] garage, on a budget of just US$5,000.

I'm sure everyone knows by now that the NZ government has shut this project down.

flynn23 wrote:
] Decius wrote:
] ] ] However, there have also been a number of people who
] ] ] claim I'm overstating the case and that it's not possible
] ] ] to build a real cruise missile without access to
] ] ] sophisticated gear, specialist tools and information not
] ] ] readily available outside the military.
] ] ]
] ] ] So, in order to prove my case, I decided to put my money
] ] ] where my mouth is and build a cruise missile in my own
] ] ] garage, on a budget of just US$5,000.
]
] I'm sure everyone knows by now that the NZ government has shut
] this project down.

I saw that. Ultimately, the job of governments is to have a monopoly on force. This means making sure that other people aren't doing stuff like this, either because they are focused on something else, or because they work for you. As long as they were respectful I agree with shutting this down. The US actually has a bad habit of allowing people like this to be unemployed. Ever wonder why Iraq had the world's largest cannon? Ever wonder why China had a space program. In one case a Canadian, and in another an American, but in both cases someone who really wanted to do this stuff was left to hawk their dream on the streets. They will find buyers. Better us then them. Thats why we hire hackers.