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2011-04-16 Science & Technology

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 ION TOPIX > SIX US STAGES "MOST CHALLENGING" MISSLE DEFENSE TEST. Successful shootdown of IRBM.

Nice, but unfortunately is likely IMO to induce so-called "Rogue States", e.g. NORTH KOREA, ETC. to unilater respond via intentional escalation towards MORE REGIONAL, GLOBAL NUCLEAR BRINKMANSHIP = "GREAT POWERS" MILPOL CONFONTATIONISM.

Espec iff things are seemingly NOT going their way.

* WORLD TRIBUNE > [Lev Nazrovov] CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER [Chi Haotian = 2005]: "VAST LANDS" IN NORTH AMERICA FOR "MASS COLONIZATION".

US-Canada = CANUSA, + also Australia.

* CHIN DEFENSE MASHUP [old] > SARAH PALIN: CHINA IS PREPARING FOR A [future big]MILITARY OFFENSIVE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-16 00:18|| 2011-04-16 00:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Hundreds of thousands of pounds of force. Yikes!

Posted by gorb 2011-04-16 01:09|| 2011-04-16 01:09|| Front Page Top

#3 When they bandy around expressions like Megajoules, you know they are dealing with some serious Shinola.

One of those projectiles is said to have the same destructive force as a conventional Tomahawk cruise missile. Another comparison they used was hitting a hard object with a Ford Taurus at 380 miles per hour.

200 to 250 nautical-mile range, and a mere $1000 per shot. The operational guns are anticipated to be in the 64 Megajoule range.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-16 15:37|| 2011-04-16 15:37|| Front Page Top

#4 This thing sounds so effective I'm surprised that Bambi hasn't shut it down yet.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-04-16 16:28|| 2011-04-16 16:28|| Front Page Top

#5 Rambler said, "This thing sounds so effective I'm surprised that Bambi hasn't shut it down yet."

Quiet! They told him it was part of the rapid rail transportation ~~boondoggle~~ project. Why do you think it got funded?~

Posted by Mike Ramsey 2011-04-16 16:35|| 2011-04-16 16:35|| Front Page Top

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