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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:55 AM Original message |
US missile intercept test fails ( $400 million dollars and they still can't get it correct) |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
1. it can't even pass a 'friendly' test after all these years... what a waste of money |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
2. Hitting a missile in space with another missile is very difficult. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. We had a project on this in my control systems class |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. "The $100 million launch ..." |
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unhappycamper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. yup. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. No, they employed a bunch of engineers for several years |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Not exactly. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. "but it was delayed by poor weather." |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. I suspect the "poor weather" was more a barrier to their observing the launch |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
6. OMG! What if we were attacked DURING POOR WEATHER!?!? |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. primary target = US treasury. Mission accomplished! nt |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. Can you imagine throwing this kind of money at our educational system? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. We spend a *lot* more than 100 million a year on education. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. A, we spend way more than that on education. |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Well, I guess you CAN imagine spending $100,000,000 on education |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
9. "but it was delayed by poor weather." |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
10. Us a Nuke warhead like the old days.... |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. If they had launched it on Tuesday, it would have at least hit the poor weather. |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
15. How many schools, how many hospitals, how many communities need that money!!! |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Makes you sick doesn't it? People suffer for this stupidity? |
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Karmadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. +1 |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. A weapon system that is designed to fulfill its purpose |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-16-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I can remember back in the early Eighties when they were still screwing with the Sprint ABM |
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