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USAF to scrap AGM-129 stealth cruise missile
Seattlepi.com ^
| March 7, 2007
| ROBERT BURNS
Posted on 03/08/2007 8:30:44 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: Pukin Dog
Nahhhhhhhh! No replacement for the SR-71 either...
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:07:18 AM PST
by
null and void
("If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong." - Charles F. Kettering)
To: zarf
Don't I have a second amendment right to own one if I can afford it?Not if this present Congress has its way.
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:13:42 AM PST
by
shekkian
To: EagleUSA
How amazingly ignorant of them to go along with a one-sided agreement with Putie's growing global forces.
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:16:28 AM PST
by
mcshot
("If it ain't broke it doesn't have enough features." paraphrased anon.)
To: Pukin Dog
Under their logic, I guess I should be paying for beer long ago flushed? Good point, but I think that they must be referring to the maintenance budget. Nukes require a lot of upkeep to keep in good working order.
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:17:28 AM PST
by
Zeroisanumber
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Professional Engineer
To: The KG9 Kid
No, this is because of bilateral agreements with the Russians.
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:20:10 AM PST
by
Red6
(Come and get it.)
To: Jonathan
Lord help us as I'm afraid you're right.
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:25:19 AM PST
by
mcshot
("If it ain't broke it doesn't have enough features." paraphrased anon.)
To: Jonathan
The "looking glass" flights are still going on. After 911 they started again.
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:26:28 AM PST
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: Pukin Dog
I agree. I remember the day the press announced the retirement of the SR-71 Blackbird. I kept thinking, "They must have something better."
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:29:06 AM PST
by
RinaseaofDs
(Ignorance should be painful)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:30:16 AM PST
by
Rb ver. 2.0
(A Muslim soldier can never be loyal to a non-Muslim commander.)
To: null and void
What did the SR-71 do that we cannot do now? (Other than look incredibly cool and set some awesome speed records.)
I do miss that plane, but I don't think we can say that the US arsenal is lacking something without it.
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:33:38 AM PST
by
Teacher317
(Are you familiar with the writings of Shan Yu?)
To: Jonathan
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:40:30 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(It is time to stop the left at the wall.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Give 'em to Israel. My favorite bumper sticker from the Nuclear Freeze days, "Hey DoD, no more nuclear weapons until you use up the ones we already gave you."
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:42:07 AM PST
by
darth
To: RinaseaofDs
Better, but slower - HALE.
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posted on
03/08/2007 9:50:18 AM PST
by
ASOC
("Once humans are exposed to excellence, mere average desirability is disappointing")
To: zarf
Don't I have a second amendment right to own one if I can afford it?I'd like one of these please.
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posted on
03/08/2007 10:11:08 AM PST
by
Professional Engineer
(Be silent, friend. Here heroes died to blaze a trail for other men.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Just curious...why did we scrap the MX missles? We still have Minute Man missles, so why did we get rid of the MX which is a newer design?
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posted on
03/08/2007 10:28:31 AM PST
by
6ppc
(Call Photo Reuters, that's the name, and away goes truth right down the drain. Photo Reuters!)
To: Jonathan
You're such a PC wimp, Jonathon.
Why imprison the opposition?
Just kill them.
To: TommyDale
>>>
Exactly! Stick a small tactical nuke warhead and send them into Iran. <<< Please make it clear, for the democrats sake, that you intend them to get there under there own power!
John Kerry or Madaline Allbright may think you agree with them that spreading nuclear capability among nations would aid world peace.
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posted on
03/08/2007 10:57:32 AM PST
by
HardStarboard
(The Democrats are more afraid of American Victory than Defeat!)
To: 6ppc
We still have Minute Man missles, so why did we get rid of the MX which is a newer design?
I am not 'in the know' on this but there are several likely reasons. One was that they MX was larger. With global threats being different the bigger missiles seem less useful than ones with fewer warheads. Also I think we were not able to keep them fully loaded with warheads due to a treaty limiting MIRVs on a single launcher (not sure, I forget where I read that). Finally I suspect a big reason was the maintenance costs of the MX's unique 'cold launch' system that used pressurized gas to shoot them missile out of the silo before engine ignition. Something like that probably took more upkeep than the normal 'light it in the silo' systems. Finally, it is nice to note that the more advanced warheads from the MXs were moved over to still active MinuteMan systems.
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posted on
03/08/2007 11:28:53 AM PST
by
TalonDJ
To: EagleUSA; Jeff Head
So now we are pandering to Ivan, who is aiding and abetting every enemy we have?? And we choose our "top stealth CM" to scrap?? Hello Washington?? Be advised Ivan is NOT OUR FRIEND.Correct.
The Administration is engaged in insanity...and the RATs breathing down their necks from Congress are yet more insane.
The Center cannot hold.
Russia is violating the terms of the 2002 Treaty of Moscow, keeping most all of its SS-18 first strike weapons.
Apparently none of the current crop of "adults" heard the part that Reagan orded so long ago..."Trust...BUT VERIFY!"
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posted on
03/08/2007 11:41:47 AM PST
by
Paul Ross
(Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
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