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US laser warplane under threat from Barack Obama
telegraph.co.uk ^ | December 23, 2008 | Alex Spillius

Posted on 12/23/2008 7:30:52 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

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1 posted on 12/23/2008 7:30:53 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
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“0bama has stated a preference for abandoning weapons whose efficacy is not yet proven. “

So, a free market solution would be ok? Asshat.


2 posted on 12/23/2008 7:35:24 PM PST by papasmurf (Impeach the illegal bastard!)
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Not even a slingshot will be approved by the Indonesian illegal alien president.


3 posted on 12/23/2008 7:36:28 PM PST by max americana
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What about the sharks with the laser beams attached to their head?


4 posted on 12/23/2008 7:39:42 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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>>>Mr Obama has stated a preference for abandoning weapons whose efficacy is not yet proven. <<<

Shows a mental midget's attitued toward the process of weapons science, engineering, testing and development.

With this attitude, Enrico Fermi's grandchild would still be messing around with an "atomic pile" under the stands of the Chicago University stadium.

5 posted on 12/23/2008 7:40:51 PM PST by HardStarboard ("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule - Mencken knew Obama)
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To: max americana

I actually worked on the first airborne laser lab (c-135) in the early 1970’s. USAF Kirtland AFB New Mexico.


6 posted on 12/23/2008 7:41:23 PM PST by Eaglefixer
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That was when Nixon was president. How did it work out?


7 posted on 12/23/2008 7:43:28 PM PST by max americana
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To: Free ThinkerNY

High tech stuff is usually above the paygrade of even the most expensive lawyer.


8 posted on 12/23/2008 7:44:21 PM PST by muawiyah
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9 posted on 12/23/2008 7:44:29 PM PST by Yo-Yo
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It could hit a one foot circle on another aircraft with both flying. It was never designed to be an operational system. It used a chemical laser that occupied the whole aircraft.


10 posted on 12/23/2008 7:48:03 PM PST by Eaglefixer
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It showed that the concept worked. The target acquisition and targeting system is vital.


11 posted on 12/23/2008 7:51:09 PM PST by Eaglefixer
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Me Tarzan. Me break thunersticks. No bring thundersticks into forest.

Obama the new Tarzan. Rahm Emmanuel his mini-me.


12 posted on 12/23/2008 7:51:22 PM PST by ZULU (Non nobis, non nobis Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts and guns made America great.)
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Mr Obama has stated a preference for abandoning weapons whose efficacy is not yet proven.

In other words, any new weapon system.

13 posted on 12/23/2008 7:53:00 PM PST by denydenydeny ("Banish Merry Christmas. Get ready for Mad Max.."-Daniel Henninger)
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To: HardStarboard
" Shows a mental midget's attitued toward the process of weapons science, engineering, testing and development."

He seems to be all for unproven, if not unpractical experimental energy technologies that virtually any company could have created during the past decades, but chose not to for obvious reasons.

14 posted on 12/23/2008 7:53:16 PM PST by KoRn
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To: Eaglefixer

> It used a chemical laser that occupied the whole aircraft.
Yikes!


15 posted on 12/23/2008 7:57:48 PM PST by max americana
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That was so well put....I think it should be your tagline... Barack Hussein Obama, an Indonesian Illegal Alien

...or something like that.

16 posted on 12/23/2008 8:15:28 PM PST by NordP (CONSERVATIVE AGAIN IN 2010 ..... Now, is it 2012 yet ???)
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Our great military will go downhill fast, even faster than when Bill Clinton was in office. I can speak from first hand knowledge that people are lining up to get out as soon as possible now that we have a terrorist and a muslim for a president.

Sad sad day in America.............

17 posted on 12/23/2008 8:23:13 PM PST by pctech
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“Primarily designed to strike enemy missile silos, ...”

This also shows the author has no idea what he is talking about. Stupid statement!


18 posted on 12/23/2008 8:25:36 PM PST by Laserman
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To: Eaglefixer

I actually flew the first airborne laser system called the Airborne Laser Lab (ALL).


20 posted on 12/23/2008 8:27:10 PM PST by Laserman
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