U.S. approves full new warhead production (HellFiRe AGM-114N thermobaric missiles)

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 8/24/05 | Reuters

[xcamel]

[glorgau]

$90 million for 1180 rounds comes out to about $76,000 a shot. Every time one of these is used, it's like sending a high end Mercedes down range.

[Blueflag]

Think modern age thermite + willy pete = 'thermobaric' effect

Nasty stuff

[NormsRevenge]

It used to be.. "When you care enough to send the very best , send a Hallmark"

Now it's send a HellFire ,,, Woo Hoooo!!!

Hey Muhammid,, INCOMING!!!

[Doomonyou]

More than 1,870 Americans have been killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.

Always have to include this, even though it has nothing to do with the subject of the article.

[in hoc signo vinces]

No matter how many times you contact "Rutters" and ask them why they always place that blurb at the end of every Iraq story...you never get a response...

[DTogo]

More than 1,870 Americans have been killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.

Subliminal messaging there? The MSM just can't resist, even when reporting on a completely unrelated subject.

[crazyhorse691]

U.S. commanders in Iraq have asked for more of the rounds, said Lt. Col. Kevin Curry, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon, who added that early versions had already been used there in "limited numbers." More than 1,870 Americans have been killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.

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They forgot to say that Kerry was in Vietnam. Stupid MSM.

[NormsRevenge]

DING DING DING DING DING... BINGO! You caught it too!

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Reuters has some catching up to do to match AP's 'work' today.

But they're trying. :)

[airborne]

Notice the one sentence that did not fit in the article?

Everything else was about the missle.

[Red6]

Good deal!

Red6

[ghostcat]

That was the very first thing I noticed in this article, the gratuitous blurb

[Oldexpat]

The follow on rounds will be less expensive.

[Loud Mime]

They forgot to report on who killed them: Islamic fundamentalist radicals between the ages of 18-30.

[patton]

Like this?

[Doomonyou]

And no matter where the article comes from, they all sound the same.

[Red6]

Think vacuum, and a dude busting like a sausage in a microwave.

It’s not a shake and bake.

Red6

[Drago]

Yeah, it is like the author wrote the article, and then remembered the memo about including the casulty count in every story! Sticks out like a sore thumb:

"U.S. commanders in Iraq have asked for more of the rounds, said Lt. Col. Kevin Curry, an Army spokesman at the Pentagon, who added that early versions had already been used there in "limited numbers." More than 1,870 Americans have been killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003.
The "thermobaric" Hellfire AGM-114N warhead creates an intense, sustained pressure wave that can strike around corners in "caves, bunkers and hardened multi-room complexes," the manufacturer, Lockheed Martin (LMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Corp., said."

[airborne]

The media is our adversary.