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2005-07-27 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by Steve 2005-07-27 13:37|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The formulae for solid fuels are not really that difficult. It's the actual production that gets a bit dicey. When in High School a couple of other goofballs and I made solid fuel rockets. The fuel was a mixture of potassium nitrate and powdered sugar. It worked very well for small rockets and had the added advantage of not being prone to exploding while we were making it. Solid fuel for the shuttle rockets is a whole 'nother matter. The mixing stage is rather volatile but once made it is fairly stable. Once it is ignited, though, it can't be shut down.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2005-07-27 14:31|| 2005-07-27 14:31|| Front Page Top

#2 When is the liberation of Iran going to happen?

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2005-07-27 14:50|| 2005-07-27 14:50|| Front Page Top

#3 It must have come from the NORKS, or from China through Pakistan or Pakistan directly.

Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani told The Associated Press that Iran has made an "important step forward" in developing the technology, which provides the Islamic Republic with the ability to fire solid-fuel ballistic missiles like the Shahab-3.

Important step forward, all right. He is signing the death warrant for many of his people. When one makes threats to obliterate their neighbors with nuclear weapons, they are taken seriously by the neighbors, PC and PR be damned. This is simple intimidation and bullying, an Iranian MM MO. Only this time, he may have a big stick.

The Iranian MMs are fools, esp with US military assets nearby. If threatened we will not be PC and try to minimize collateral damage. Responses have to be hot and swift. The distances are too short.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2005-07-27 15:11|| 2005-07-27 15:11|| Front Page Top

#4 subs in the gulf have the GPS coords for each and every one of these beturbanned assholes?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-27 15:12|| 2005-07-27 15:12|| Front Page Top

#5 Got ya covered, boys. Come on out with yer hands up an' nobody gets hurt...

LGM-30G "Minuteman III"
("L"= silo launched, "G"= surface attack, "M"= missle)

General Characteristics

Primary Function: Intercontinental ballistic missile
Contractor: Boeing Co.
Power Plant: Three solid-propellant rocket motors; first stage - Thiokol; second stage - Aerojet-General; third stage - United Technologies Chemical Systems Division
Length: 59.9 feet (18 meters)
Weight: 79,432 pounds (32,158 kilograms)
Diameter: 5.5 feet (1.67 meters)
Range: 6,000-plus miles (5,218 nautical miles)
Speed: Approximately 15,000 mph (Mach 23 or 24,000 kph) at burnout
Ceiling: 700 miles (1,120 kilometers)
Thrust: First stage, 202,600 pounds
Load: Re-entry vehicle: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space MK 12 or MK 12A
3x MIRV with either 170kT or 340kT yield/warhead. Thermonuclear.
Guidance systems: Inertial system: Boeing North American; ground
Electronic/security system: Sylvania Electronics Systems and Boeing Co.
Unit cost: $7 million
Date deployed: June 1970, production cessation: December 1978
Inventory: Active force, 500; Reserve, 0; ANG, 0

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-07-27 15:30|| 2005-07-27 15:30|| Front Page Top

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