Taking a different approach and creating a sci-fi-level chariot, is Iron Man going to change his career to work in the military industry?

Rich people are willful, this is a popular online saying in modern times. This saying seems to be appropriate when applied to the real-life Iron Man Elon Musk.

He did what he said, and now controls at least 10 world-class companies. After grabbing the first pot of gold in his life, he could not help but let his ambition for science and technology expand rapidly. The most eye-catching one was the establishment of Space Exploration Technology Company SpaceX, which pioneered and opened a new era of private aerospace.

The rockets and spacecraft he built were ingenious, far ahead of the world's aerospace technology, which had been following the American moon landing spacecraft in the last century. He pioneered and successfully implemented rocket recovery technology, and built a huge luxury spacecraft that was more than 120 meters high and could carry 100 people and 100 tons of cargo at a time.

What's even more amazing is that this spacecraft can stop in Earth orbit to "refuel" and can also land slowly for recovery. He also invented a pair of "chopsticks" that will reach out and clamp the spacecraft when it returns to Earth, and then mount it firmly on a new rocket for reuse.

This greatly reduces the launch and transportation costs, gradually popularizes the space industry, and also provides the possibility for manned migration to Mars.

As his dazzling sci-fi dramas in the aerospace field continue to be staged, his "Tesla" electric car has also changed the direction of world automobile development and become a benchmark for electrified vehicles. Since then, imitators have flocked to it and pure electric cars have flooded the streets.

Musk claims that all his high-tech companies are aimed at creating technologies that can be used on Mars in the future when humans land on Mars, such as underground tunnel high-speed trains, electric vehicles, brain-computer interfaces, robots, indoor farms, Starlink satellites, solar power generation, etc. The use of methane as fuel in the Raptor rocket engine is also to enable future spacecraft returning from Mars to obtain fuel on site.

But some people disagree with his advocacy and the support of his fans, believing that he is just a capitalist and that profiteering is his nature.

His clear-cut support for Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War is a very sensitive issue, so I have always been reluctant to get involved, because as long as I express a certain opinion, or just state the facts without an opinion, I will offend both sides, and if I am not careful, I will be accused of something and will have to bear the consequences.

Therefore, I do not want to comment on anything today, and I do not care who is just and who is evil in this war. Whether it is necessary to call it a special military operation is up for debate. But war is war after all, and killing one thousand people will hurt eight hundred of your own.

Musk was unusually active in this war that was thought to end soon but turned out to be protracted. His most outstanding performance was that he saved Ukraine from the brink of despair with Starlink satellites. At the beginning of this war, which Russia called a "special military operation", Russia cut off and destroyed the entire Ukrainian network. In modern warfare, without the network, we are deaf and blind, and will definitely lose.

Musk, who wanted to stand up for the injustice, stepped in and provided Ukraine with thousands of Starlink satellites that had been launched into space for free. In a very short time, Ukraine's network was restored, and it was much more advanced than before. In this way, the Ukrainian army's artillery shells and missiles with eyes kept hitting the Russian army steadily and accurately. The Russian army not only lost the flagship Moscow and the large crocodile-class landing ship, but also destroyed hundreds of tanks. At least 8 generals and more than a dozen school-level commanders died in a foreign land.

Of course, war is extremely cruel. Ukraine suffered heavy losses under the Russian army's bombing, with corpses everywhere, and many civilians were killed. Now it is impossible to determine who is winning or losing based on some asymmetric sources of information.

However, at least this so-called "special military operation" with a huge disparity in strength did not end up like the Russian side and its followers had claimed, that the Ukrainian side would be crushed like an ant being crushed to death. Instead, it had many climaxes and the war situation developed in a direction that was increasingly unfavorable to the Russian side.

Of course, this is inseparable from the high-tech weapons and financial support provided by Europe and the United States at all costs, and Russia has actually become a declining empire facing a war situation with global powers. Even so, if Ukraine did not have the perseverance of the president who is disparaged as an "actor" by some people, and without Musk's network support, it would not be in the current situation under the blindness and deafness.

The final outcome of the war has not yet been determined, but it seems to be becoming clearer and clearer, and it is in line with my initial prediction. If you ask me what I predicted, I will not say it here, because it will offend many people.

So, why did Musk build tanks? Is he going to change his career?

Musk has always had a special liking for Mars and has repeatedly declared that his biggest goal in life is to send 1 million people to Mars and to be buried on Mars after his death. I sneer at the rumors that his "only nature is to pursue profit". I believe that his dream of Mars will continue. As for whether it can be realized in the end, I dare not say, but that is another matter.

I believe he has not changed his career, but he will probably add another career in the future. His idea of ​​building a tank is not groundless. It was caused by Rheinmetall, the largest military industrial enterprise in Germany. Rheinmetall wanted to build a tank and cooperated with Musk, using his sci-fi brain to build a sci-fi tank.

The Russian-Ukrainian war awakened many people, or many countries, and the world pattern has undergone major changes, and many countries have changed their national policies. This is the case with Germany, which has increased its defense budget for the first time since its defeat in 1945. Of course, some large military companies have struck while the iron is hot.

In the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russian tanks were the main force, but their performance was not good. Videos of Russian tank turrets being blown up into the sky were circulated online. According to British Defense Secretary Wallace, Russia has lost at least 800 tanks in the war. There are rumors online that due to sanctions imposed by developed countries on Russia, Russia cannot obtain high-end chips, and many tanks can only be replaced by chips removed from refrigerators and washing machines.

I have no way of verifying whether this is true or not, but it at least shows one thing: modern wars cannot be won by intimidation or numbers, but by technology. Without technology, no matter how many weapons there are, they are just a pile of scrap metal.

Germany's craftsmanship has always been popular around the world, so it is natural for them to look for an exquisite high-tech tank. But if they want high-tech, they will naturally find Musk, who has made great achievements in machine manufacturing. Musk has always been clear about his position, especially during the Russian-Ukrainian war, he has a strong interest in tanks, so he is naturally happy to accept it.

Therefore, Musk took on the task of designing and manufacturing a unique tank in the world. Just a few days ago, Musk and German Rheinland jointly demonstrated their collaborative tanks. There are several types of these tanks, which are more accurately called light fire support vehicles.

Will the new sci-fi tanks change the future? One of them is the LYNX120, which weighs 44 tons and is equipped with a 120mm smoothbore gun, a coaxial 7.62mm cannon and an unmanned turret machine gun that can fire programmable explosive projectiles.

The reason why it is made light is that it does not have thick armor. This is a lesson learned from the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield. In the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield, the Russian side's 700 mm thick armor was like a piece of paper in front of missiles and armor-piercing shells, with no defense capabilities, and even the turret was blown up.

Therefore, the most important thing for future tanks or chariots is to be able to maneuver quickly to better protect themselves, and this light chariot can do just that. However, the chariot is not only light or flexible to avoid attacks, but also equipped with a highly intelligent defense system on this long vehicle.

The tank is equipped with an ultraviolet detection system that can detect incoming warheads 13 seconds in advance. This time is enough for it to activate its automatic defense system, including automatically shielding signals, emitting interference substances such as optoelectronics, infrared and aerosol clouds, causing enemy warheads to deflect or fly over, and preventing them from landing and exploding before arriving.

What is even more novel is that the chariot uses Musk's specialty technology - electric power. Chariots and tanks no longer burn oil to make a smoky and roaring sound. Combined with its sci-fi appearance with anti-radar irradiation design, it greatly enhances concealment and mobility; the powerful electricity can also directly meet the power needs of laser weapons and a series of modern intelligent systems.

The control room of the tank is like a game room, and future wars will be like playing a game.

So, will Musk enter the arms industry from now on? Will his participation in the design and manufacture of a new sci-fi tank lead the development direction of future weapons, or change the process and mode of future wars? We will have to wait and see.

But I think Musk will not change his career. His focus is still rocket ships and Mars. He still wants to go to Mars, but he is just being willful and taking an unconventional approach. What do you think about this? Welcome to discuss, thank you for reading.

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