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German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol

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  1. rayiner · · focus · HN ↗
    Off-topic, but "Rheinmetall" is one of the coolest company names. It's like what a company that builds mechs would be called in an anime.
    1. justsomehnguy · · focus · HN ↗

          Missouri Metalworks :-|
    Rheinmetal :-O
      Literal "Thing, Japan" expect s/Japan/Germany
      1. Iknowsheknows · · focus · HN ↗
        The american equivalent is United States Steel (which is owned by the Japanese ironically.)
        1. justsomehnguy · · focus · HN ↗
          >> Rheinmetall AG[a] (German pronunciation: [ˈʁaɪnmeˌtal]) is a German arms manufacturer, headquartered in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

          >> The most important rivers flowing at least partially through North Rhine-Westphalia include: the Rhine, [...]

          1. Iknowsheknows · · focus · HN ↗
            Yes and 'Missouri Metalworks' is not a real steelmaker, and there are plenty of real *American corporations with names just as cool as Rheinmetall: Advanced Micro Devices/AMD, Texas Instruments/Ti, General Dynamics, General Motors/GM, International Business Machines/IBM. If you bring in defunct ones you get even more: Digital Electronic Corporation/DEC, Standard Oil.

            I concede that I missed your Riverine connection between Missouri-Rhine but I think the first guy was focusing on the majesty/exotic-ness of "Rheinmetall" while "Missouri Metalworks" just sounds lame, most likely due to the fact that its fake!

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