To: VaBthang4; Pukin Dog
"All understood, however the concept you propose means actually carrying GPS guided bombs, Missiles or serveillance equipment with you....that being the case, the cost goes up exponentially. You have to install the computers that actually program the GPS munitions while aloft..." 
A handheld PDA weighing 6 ounces can program GPS coordinates. A GPS bomb can already be dropped from sub-orbital Space.
Programming GPS coords and dropping a bomb weren't the technical hurdles. The hurdles, which Rutan has overcome, were going fast and high for cheap.
217 posted on
06/01/2004 3:33:37 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: Southack
Programming GPS coords and dropping a bomb weren't the technical hurdles. Oh, my head.
Is this bomb just hanging out on a cloud, kickin' it? Please tell us how it gets to the place from where it can be dropped? I beg you.
221 posted on
06/01/2004 3:38:25 PM PDT by
Pukin Dog
(Sans Reproache)
To: Southack
Yes and actually getting GPS weapons to altitude? What are you gonna do turboprop your way up there? With what a single 350lb GPS munition? Again, cant a cruise missile do the same for cheaper?
You glazed right over the other systems c'mon man this is getting sad.
222 posted on
06/01/2004 3:38:59 PM PDT by
VaBthang4
("He who watches over Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps")
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