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Peacekeeper launches from Vandenberg [Right back at ya, North Korea!!!]
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| 3/12/03
| AFPN Staff
Posted on 03/12/2003 6:09:35 PM PST by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
An unarmed Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic
missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Calif., on March 12.
03/12/03 - VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFPN) -- An unarmed Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile was successfully launched at 1:29 a.m. March 12.
The missile carried eight unarmed re-entry vehicles approximately 4,800 miles across the Pacific Ocean to a predetermined target at the Kwajalien Atoll. This test was a part of the force development evaluation program, which routinely verifies the accuracy and reliability of the Peacekeeper force.
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: icbm; miltech; mirv; missile; peacekeeper; test
Sorry if this was already posted. I did a search on the title and several keywords and didn't find anything.
To: *miltech
Ping!!
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I bet Kim doesn't have MIRV's...(grin)
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posted on
03/12/2003 6:12:59 PM PST
by
ez
(Advise and Consent = Debate and VOTE!!)
To: ez
That's what I was thinking, too. Be careful what you wish for, Kim!
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
This is great! We were at Norton AFB (BMO) when this missile was developed and deployed! I was surprised to see the title about the Peacekeeper -- perfect timing! The North Koreans can get a look at what firepower we have in this Country!
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posted on
03/12/2003 6:29:22 PM PST
by
PhiKapMom
(Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US)
To: ez
Yet...Their friends the Chinese do. Thanks to you know who.
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posted on
03/12/2003 6:31:53 PM PST
by
meema
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
This is awesome! GW (or Rummy) is a helluva talented military thinker. What they ought to do is plop the 8 warheads in a cocentric circle 21 miles out to sea around the northern part of the Korean peninsula. We should even put some targets out at those spots and hit them!
7
posted on
03/12/2003 6:40:41 PM PST
by
Defiant
(Guarding San Diego from terrorist attack as a human shield.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Ya did good! ;-)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Hoo-yah!
To: meema
Yet...Their friends the Chinese do. Thanks to you know who. Sure, Slicky Boy gave our little fiends across the Pacific some missile technology, but we have them way outnumbered. If they try to start an arms race with us, they don't have a prayer of winning.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
IMHO. I think the recent test of the MOAB in FL was more of a message to Korea than Iraq:) I'm not so worried about them anymore...Rummy rocks!!!
11
posted on
03/12/2003 7:02:10 PM PST
by
mrtoby
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
We didn't have many of them, now one less.
12
posted on
03/12/2003 7:25:17 PM PST
by
Slewfoot
To: Slewfoot
Yea, but they are so easy to make, especially if you have a spare liquid gas tanker trailer (the pressurized type) and a few valves handy
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
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posted on
03/12/2003 7:44:34 PM PST
by
geedee
To: mrtoby
I'm sure the timing of this launch and the MOAB are purely coincidence. < /sarcasm >
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