Charlie StrossAm I alone in thinking that Vladimir Putin is clearly a fan of Karl Stromberg's conference table gun from "The Spy Who Loved Me"?
FeralRobots@cstross Did the barrel of Stromberg's gun have air ports along most of its length to stop it from slowing down the shell, or am I overthinking a Bond villain's gadget?
@FeralRobots You're overthinking it. (Also, it was some sort of spear gun rather than a regular explosive-propelled bullet. Slow, but fires a spear.)
@cstross it does make a cooler villain-gun if it's a spear than if it's a bullet.
Jamie Scott@cstross @FeralRobots and now I'm wondering if the bullet Bond fires back up that tube to kill Stromberg would lose a lot of its velocity from the pressure bow wave (and ricochets).