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Wanted: A Safer Anti-Aircraft Missile for Syrian Rebels
Fortune ^ | April 21, 2016 | Clay Dillow

Posted on 04/22/2016 8:24:06 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

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still control somewhat by restricting where it can be used, when it can be used, or both.

"Somewhat" means they are happy with many missiles slipping into terrorists' hands.

1 posted on 04/22/2016 8:24:06 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Krazy NeoCons at it again.....


2 posted on 04/22/2016 8:26:35 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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How about one that loops back?

Or maybe one that DETONATES on launch command?


3 posted on 04/22/2016 8:28:11 PM PDT by gaijin
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What could possibly go wrong??


4 posted on 04/22/2016 8:30:58 PM PDT by ghosthost
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This is god cursed neocon insanity to put manpads in the hands of jihadists.


5 posted on 04/22/2016 8:32:23 PM PDT by Trumpinator ("Are you Batman?" the boy asked. "I am Batman," Trump said.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

This is the kind of crap you get when you let politicians set the rules of engagement and otherwise run a war.


6 posted on 04/22/2016 8:33:05 PM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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Just

No


7 posted on 04/22/2016 8:34:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Determined to start a World War.

Defense industry profits aren’t high enough?


8 posted on 04/22/2016 8:34:08 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Noah: 'When the animals began to pair up by specie and stand in line, I really took notice.')
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Morons. Kill islam, not people.


9 posted on 04/22/2016 8:35:26 PM PDT by soycd
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This idea is outrageous on two fronts:

1) They want to help Syrian rebels shooting down Russian warplanes.

2) They don't mind manpads finding their way into Jihadis .

They must be determined to be one of "Four Horsemen."

10 posted on 04/22/2016 8:39:48 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Safer missile?

Make it Nerf.

11 posted on 04/22/2016 8:40:01 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (An orange jumpsuit is the new black pantsuit.)
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Any American government official who provides MANPADS to terrorists should be hung at dawn

We dont need to provide high tech weapons to Jihadi to beat ISIS

All we need to do is have our attack aircraft drop their bombs on ISIS on 95% of their flights instead of the current 35% of the time

12 posted on 04/22/2016 8:40:58 PM PDT by rdcbn ("If what has happened here is not treason, it is its first cousin." Zell Milleraere)
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One that shoots confetti or seltzer water at low flying aircraft.


13 posted on 04/22/2016 8:41:03 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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This is probably just me, but if you can’t trust someone with an anti-aircraft missile..... forever....... maybe you shouldn’t just give them an anti-aircraft missile. I’m kind of a free thinker that way


14 posted on 04/22/2016 8:42:47 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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I think it’s hanged. Hung is John Holmes.


15 posted on 04/22/2016 8:44:01 PM PDT by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,)
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How about dove launchers?


16 posted on 04/22/2016 8:47:27 PM PDT by HotKat (Politicians are like diapers; they need to be changed often and for the same reason. Mark Twain)
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Madness!

There has been location-aware hardware for some time. One would think the military has been using the technique.

A device knows where it is and won’t function if it is in the wrong place. i.e. You could make a pay-TV decoder device that will only work at a specific address.

Trying to use it in the wrong place can emit an rf signal that is picked up by satellite to alert whoever is interested that someone is playing with something where they shouldn’t be.

This is simple embedded systems work.

Nothing would stop you from placing such functions into military gear.... you could set it so it would NOT function in the CONUS.

It was considered by the FAA to add a restriction on larger drones to make them location-aware and unable to function near any US airport.... easy stuff to do.


17 posted on 04/22/2016 8:49:21 PM PDT by Bobalu (Mark Levin can improve any radio show just by not being on it)
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BULLCRAP — The safest anti-aircraft missile for Syrian Rebels is THE ONE YOU DON’T GIVE THEM.


18 posted on 04/22/2016 8:53:03 PM PDT by House Atreides (TRUMP or CRUZ --- The 1st one to get to 1237 gets the Nomination Brass Ring...PERIOD)
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As sophisticated as the terrorists have gotten with computers and cell phones, they should be able to find a work around in, ooooooh, 2 maybe 3 minutes.


19 posted on 04/22/2016 8:54:53 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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What I would like to see is whether it is possible to build land mines that expire after a given period like a year, or 2 years, or else that can be turned off with a radio or cell phone signal when the war is over. So many needless injuries and deaths with mines, the bomb that keeps on giving.


20 posted on 04/22/2016 8:55:22 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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