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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan

........good grief....! just how old is that picture,
anyway....? wasn't that "turtle shell" steel pot
helmet, dating back to the Second World War, replaced
at least a decade or so ago by the Kevlar model...??


8 posted on 08/10/2006 9:09:11 AM PDT by Thunderchief F-105
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To: Thunderchief F-105
That Firefinder system was developed about 40 years ago. Just look at the display. 1960s technology. We used slide rules in those days.

But I'm sure they have a modern day equivalent using satellites as well radars to locate the sources of outgoing ordinance.

9 posted on 08/10/2006 9:56:14 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("Fake but Accurate": NY Times)
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