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2009-03-18 Science & Technology

Ballistic missile intercepted in Hawaii test

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Posted by tu3031 2009-03-18 09:30|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 m/ THAAD m/

Is it true that the prototype versions for THAAD proposed really big warhead including low-yield nukes?

Posted by Anon4021 2009-03-18 11:12|| 2009-03-18 11:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Another "non-successful" test of the BMD, time to dismantle all systems and redistribute the squandered wealth to the homeless. At least, that'll be the mindset of Pelosi/Reid braintrust.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-03-18 11:16|| 2009-03-18 11:16|| Front Page Top

#3 The Nike Hercules program in the 1960s had nuclear warheads to down "fleets" of Rooskie bombers.

The Nike-Hercules Missile was fitted with a nuclear warhead, W31 type, or sometimes a conventional T-45 fragmenting warhead. The missile was 41 feet 6 inches (12.6 m) long with a wingspan of 6 feet 2 inches (1.9 m). 145 missile batteries were deployed during the cold war. The missile had a range of about 77 miles (110 km). Because of the missile's effectiveness against certain ICBMs, it was made a part of the SALT I treaty.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-03-18 11:23|| 2009-03-18 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm sure the city fathers of Chicago [right along the lake front], Baltimore, LA, etc were surprised to learned that a Nike had the 'capability' that DoD neither confirms nor denies in the attached assets.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-03-18 11:59|| 2009-03-18 11:59|| Front Page Top

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