[canuck_conservative]

The way I read it, it was "excess" equipment that was (legally) sold off to the public, but that could still have military-sensitive abilities - so, concern about terrorists getting it.

[Bob]

so, concern about terrorists getting it.

Yeah, but look at some of the stuff they could get their hands on:

-- an all-band antenna used to track aircraft (Now all they need is the radar to use it with.)

-- microcircuits for an F-14 Tomcat (A printed circuit board, a couple of engines, wings, and armament is all that it will take for them to complete their own do-it-yourself F-14.)

Two things are probably true here: There was some stuff sold that may be of some value to terrorists. BUT This article is hyping some of these items way beyond any real potential threat.

[MNJohnnie]

"Concern about Terrorists" is utter nonsense. The terrorists all ready have access to up to date Russian weaponry supplied by their terrorist state sponsors. They have NO need to buy out obsolete US equipment.

More hysteria and hand-wringing by people who don't want to do something serious about terrorists so they hyperventilate about the absurd so they can prove "they care about fighting terrorism too". Just more junk propaganda from the DO Nothings.

Be really refreshing if one time the Junk Media types put as much effort into reporting the facts about our Terrorists foes as they put into attacking our own military.