Why would you need to develop a bipedal nuclear launcher when there's already technology to launch nukes anywhere on earth from a stealth sub?
To handle the recoil of the rail gun, which launches completely undetectable, fast nukes
But OP, there needs to be something to surpass.
Oh boy this conversation again
>>320324881
Because MGS is nonsensical pretentious weeb fantasy and has little to do with actual combat and war.
Sorry if this comes as a surprise.
the concept revolves around stealth deployment. the nuke is fired in a high trajectory arc using a rail gun.
icbms are much bigger than just the nuke by itself. way to big to avoid radar detection even in final stage. thermal signatures detected with satellites using more modern technology
but what good is the system if its not mobile?
the decision to use a biped wasnt the first idea. the shagohad was attempted . more of a tread vehicle but one that could go super sonic allegedly .rex's design turned down .
then raxa a drone type also used before rex and even peace walker. it basically was the final stage of a icbm that could evade detection and throw off the expected ground zero point by flying in a different flight path from the icbms arc after reaching a high altitude
rex a biped was a late attempt. even peace walker had a quadruped form but relied on a more archaic launching system
Because submarines can't travel on land
The idea of Rex was to be able to launch nukes without using a missile avoiding the signature of a launch
>>320324605
Because it's difficult to draw a sexy submarine without anthropomorphizing it
>>320325592
Except no railgun has the capability to launch a warhead 1/10 that distance and the launch would leave a massive heat signature.
>>320326458
And REX would collapse under its own weight the moment it tried to move
What're you getting at here?
>>320326458
>Except no railgun has the capability
what about that one the Patriots have and didn't tell you about?
>>320326617
>what if we crossed Metal Gear with Bleach
The sea isn't "anywhere on Earth"
>>320327901
Pretty close though
