NOMAD could dip in and out of Earth's atmosphere because it was designed for ultra-low orbital passes. That's why it was shaped like a gigantic wing. The station's aerodynamics generated lift and reduced drag so it could safely dive into the atmosphere, strafe targets on the ground, return to LEO, and burn to stabilize its parking orbit. It likely did this minimize the time it took a missile to hit its target so the enemy couldn't get away. That's also why most missile strikes throughout the movie took 3-5 seconds from launch to hit, while the big launch near the end took several minutes to even get close

1:42 The sound design is just brilliant.

Honestly I found the nomad to be hilarious, from its inconsistent altitude, its 1 billon dollar price tag(witch is practically a steal as far as the defense industry goes), to its giant obvious targeting laser and seeming inability communicate with ground forces, the thing got more than a few good laughs out of me. Also can you do the tanks from this movie next, I was hysterical when the rebels got flanked by the "stealthy" apartment complex sized gas guzzler's.

Hey! the thumbnail got an instant click because it looked so cool, I didnt even realise it was you! another beautiful video.

Love it, mate. Nomad is so cool as a concept

Can NOMAD's laser be seen by its enemies or is that just a film making shorthand for the audience to know it is near? Similar to how NOMAD can dive into the atmosphere with no re-entry heating, as a way to wow the audience. The AI never seem to see the beam coming and get into a vehicle to escape?

This is just a well executed video! And the visuals to highlight it? Stunning! You got yourself a new subscriber!

The functioning of this thing is inconsistent. All along the movie the rockets are launched and guided down vertically by the beam light and at the end magically all the rockets are going everywhere around the earth

Honestly a hidden gem of a channel.

A thing this big can’t hover in near-Earth Orbit at a speed this slow, it either requires a lot of fuel or a really fast speed to stay in orbit

You did a great job. I like this video it deserves more views. NOMAD is my new favorite AC 130.

Loved the video, the music, models, visual, design, even if the concept doesn't make much sense, but I know what is being just part of a movie and we just do our best when it comes to our work. Very well showcased!

didn't know the targeting laser scans for AI, just thought it was for targeting purposes. as to why it dips into the atmosphere is most likely depends on the type of rocket/missile used. the ICBM's can be fired from outer space but for lower yield ammunition it would likely need to dip into atmosphere for close as it might not have the range to be fired from space.

Modern rocket missile systems are using containers ("blocks") to allow multiple launches - revolver system as visually splendid but is inferior to blocks.

Nice work on the channel so far

Awesome work.

What program did you use to make this? I like the visual style.

Gg man you deserve much more visibility

Short summary: it doesn't work. Nothing of it makes any logical sense. It was only made to look cool on film.

Nice animation for one of my favorite fictional spaceships. However, I think most people watching the film can get an idea on how it operates.

Just about everything in this move is dumb AF. But the SFX were great, that doesn't compensate for a lousy illogical scenario though. Such a disappointment! I'm glad I streamed it 😂

Hope they got a trademark on it cuz DARPA always looking to build new cool death toys.

You Can't Name A Better "Ship" Than NOMAD, I LOVE IT, IT'S PERFECT ALL THE WAY, It Got Me Rooting For It, LOL

Nice animation :)

*[NOTE ABOUT NOMAD FROM UAT WEAPONS RESEARCH COUNCIL(UATWRC)]* Glaring weakpoints: Lack Of internal Defenses(obviously because they dont expect anyone to get close enough to board), only one missile can be fired at a time(multiple missiles may be active however), Laser tracking Guidance(if blocked, can possibly not aim well) Suggested counter: Either a small fast troop transport craft like the USS StarDropper or exhausting the Missiles followed by counter fire from Orbit *_[IN THE STARS WE TRUST TOGETHER]_* *[END REPORT]*

One thing I don’t get is how is NOMAD, a mobile military weapon platform, is even allow to hover above and attack on foreign soil without sparking international incident. Honestly, I expected they have a giant superlaser instead of missiles. I mean, they can still launch ICBMs from the US soil and even sea ships. Unless, orbiting in space is an effective security.

does NOMAD automatically launch a missile once it has detected AI or does it need human verification?

why does this video play like some modern day tech presentation

0:00 NOMAD? Never herd of it 0:20 Hey thats where i live! 0:54 Oh, thats what a NOMAD does

Ah yes, the super advanced orbital weapons platforms that needs to use what is essentially a giant laser pointer. Genius.

"Umpregnable" isn't a word.

Please make one on the spice harvester from dune

Arsenal Bird on steroids.

I was worried about the nomad the whole movie, these terrible robots won.

NOMAD is easily on of my favorite space stations from sci-fi

I liked the movie a lot but I thought some of the tech was foolish/lazy. Nomad didn’t make much sense, and it just went wherever it wanted. Why did it have agriculture on it? The bright blue targeting lasers? The whole thing was silly and didn’t fit its purpose. The giant tanks were also a bit ridiculous. I liked a lot of everything else.

If only such a weapon could be used for better purposes

It’s all fun and games until the AIs figure out how to work underground…

Cool concept but it has so many inconsistencies in the movie.

i can see this thing just beign a regular space ship

ohh the DAMON

This movie seemed like it had potential but just didn’t deliver. The writing took a distant backseat to the effects, which is never a good sign. That lack of quality in the writing shows up with the way NOMAD was shown in space one second, then jump-cut to low atmosphere the next second. Sci fi is fantasy, but it has to make sense by having reasonable continuity within its own universe. However, this movie was a mess in so many ways.

NOMAD was the silliest plot devicein that silly movie

Do the Star Trek JJ USS Enterprise NCC-1701 kelvin constitution class 2258 heavy command cruiser tier 6

great video, but dont you think it's levitating and not orbiting because it fly low and too slow for a space station

I highly suspect NOMAD is not in orbit, nor in space. It´s moving too slowly for that. Most likely it´s hovering on the high atmosphere.

This film was some top level design, showcased in a boring story with bad acting and dialogue. A real shame, because the worldbuilding and design was smashing.

And all these work without any AI to help ????

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One of the most stunningly beautiful spacecraft with the dumbest lore/mechanics I've ever heard of

Defense huh ? 😏

Holy shit i forgot i watched this movie. the trailer was more interesting.

I see absolutely zero reason why building the NOMAD was necessary. The task of bombardment could easily be accomplished by offshore ships, mainland ICBMs, high-altitude bombers, and much more. Even if an orbital bombardment station was necessary, they could easily just go back to the Rods-from-God ideas that the US already made during the Cold War, or the Moon colonies mentioned. Why can’t we just pull off a Gulf War?

The coolest ship design of the 21st century so far?

It's looking great in the movie, but that thing is as far from reality as it goes. If it would be in an orbital trajectory, it would move with over 7 km/s, instead of the slow crawl we see in the film. It also makes zero sense apart from rule of cool to lower the orbit for targeting purposes and to shorten the missiles' travel time. In the movie, its height of flying is fairly inconsistent. The size on the screen indicates it being well within the atmosphere and moving comparatively slow. On other scenes, it seems to be in a low earth orbit. The targeting laser is a cool visual effect, but again devoid of any actual purpose. How the hell would a laser detect AI? You can measure range incredibly well with it and you can learn about atmospheric composition. But looking for AI in a 1km broad scan? It doesn't work and even if it would it would be spectacularly inefficient. Also, why the hell would anyone use a laser in the visible spectrum of light? Furthermore, tere is only one Nomad, which due to its size can be easily spotted with small telescopes. And it only scans the area underneath, which is also a waste of capabilities. So there is this one singular big object in the sky and it does a worse job than regular land or sea launched missiles and handfull of spy satellites? The longer I think about it, the less sense it makes. But, admittedly, it does look cool. I would expect this kind of craft more in an Anime made for teenagers.

This thing actually annoyed me so much, it’s cool as hell, but the designer doesn’t appear to know he difference between an aircraft and a space station. Throughout the entire film is hardly shown at anywhere near the altitude required for orbit, and even at the end when it’s shown at high altitude there is very clearly non artificial gravity, so at most it’s flying suborbitally. I understand the need for it to appear huge and menacing in the sky but being anything other than a space station is just completely stupid, given it has no visible engines and (I don’t care if you think any long thin ish structure is a wing) clearly can’t generate aerodynamic lift. Brilliant concept, brilliant visuals, horrible execution.

i dont no who copy and paste, you or Fandom XD

The dumbest concept ever shown in a movie. NOMAD is basically useless and cannot work.

How does this air defense system work? Does it use lasers, CIWS, missiles, and energy sheild BS? Hell i could just build a stonehenge railgun (ace combat) and shoot it down just like the arsenal bird

I'm a huge fan of most things sci-fi, but I have to be honest... this whole concept just had me disconnected from the whole movie, it's such a poorly thought out bit of fiction. Even from a tactical point of view, you can strike things with cruise missiles as old as Tomahawks from many decades ago. Then it's just hovering there SUPER low, low enough that random shoulder mounted missiles could threaten it, compared to something actually in low orbit. Then there's the fact that there's CROPS in it? Come on. It's not like modern aircraft carriers (which are more dangerous than this thing) have actual FIELDS in them... that's so dumb. Are they processing the grain up there? Making artisan bread for the soldiers aboard? You're going to weigh this flying platform down with actual dirt, instead of just having normal food stored on it. Anyway, it's pretty, sure, I give you that.

What a joke! They’re already here, now how’s that plan working?

And it costs trillion dollars for.... That?! Sounds way too overengineered

we need it in real life

It was cool looking but overall a very dumb maguffin (sp?) that nearly ruined an otherwise enjoyable action movie.

And it was destroyed by kid with superpowers.

Disappointing film. Great visuals.

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Looks awesome, but it's still an incredible dumb thing from an incredible dumb movie.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Another stupid sci-fi megastructure, which is impossible to defend, and makes the story equally stupid...

That movie wasn't great.

stupidest design ever... lets build a skyscraper sized target in orbit to be easy and then shine a light on the ground to say where I will strike.... pfft

Worst film I’ve ever seen