Fun fact: high precision/high accuracy inertial navigation systems for modern avionics/missile guidance/similar are some of the most sensitive and controlled ITAR items.
For when you want your $10 million UAV to successfully navigate in a GPS denied/jammed environment or similar.
They also have a number of applications for submarines.
Modern INS are considerably smaller than the thing in the photo and implemented from totally different technology.
More directly related to the thing in the post: Google "peacekeeper rail garrison". For a while there was a plan to have whole fleets of ICBM-equipped disguised cargo trains that could travel randomly around the US midwest and mountain states.
For when you want your $10 million UAV to successfully navigate in a GPS denied/jammed environment or similar.
They also have a number of applications for submarines.
Modern INS are considerably smaller than the thing in the photo and implemented from totally different technology.
More directly related to the thing in the post: Google "peacekeeper rail garrison". For a while there was a plan to have whole fleets of ICBM-equipped disguised cargo trains that could travel randomly around the US midwest and mountain states.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=peacekeep...