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2003-05-16 East Asia

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Posted by Steve White 2003-05-16 10:32 am|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Both, I believe the Arrow intercepts at a higher altitude.

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-16 10:45:55|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-16 10:45:55|| Front Page Top

#2 Conventional ballistic missiles are expensive and inaccurate. They also pack no more punch than a JDAM because most of the weight consists of the rocket fuel burned up during the takeoff and cruising phases. They are a big waste of money, which is probably why we're trying out reverse psychology on the Chinese, hoping that they'll spend more money there, given that we complain so much about it.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2003-05-16 11:19:56|| 2003-05-16 11:19:56|| Front Page Top

#3 So, those missiles use our GPS signals, how rude to turn our own stuff against us via an ally. Wonder if we can monkey with the transmission and send any launches to certain coordinates in Peking?

Posted by Rifle308 2003-05-16 17:27:22|| 2003-05-16 17:27:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Rifle308 --- I like your idea. If the Chinese have anything technically on the ball, they would design anti-spoofing countermeasures into their guidance systems. Some kind of backup. Maybe the Taiwanese could have spoofing missles that go up in an attack and act like the pied piper to the attacking missles and take them back to the ChiCom launch sites. Heh heh....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-05-16 17:52:58|| 2003-05-16 17:52:58|| Front Page Top

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