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2005-09-27 Afghanistan/South Asia

Stinger missiles seized in Mohmand Agency

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Posted by Fred 2005-09-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Stingers are almost certainly at least 15 yrs old. Their best use now would be as Paki wedding decorations. I wouldn't want to be standing anywhere close to the guy trying to fire one...

Posted by PBMcL 2005-09-27 01:00|| 2005-09-27 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Reminds me of a story quoted in an old programming book. THe software of a ground-air missile had a small bug who caused the missile to boomerang towards the launcher if the steep of the surrounding ground was at over 45 degrees. It went unnoticed for years until India and Pakistan went to battle in the Himalaya...

Is anyone hear familiar with Stinger programming? :-)

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-09-27 06:13|| 2005-09-27 06:13|| Front Page Top

#3 I think it was written in QBasic. (kidding)

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-27 09:49|| 2005-09-27 09:49|| Front Page Top

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