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To: Sloth
"This is a weapon...that uses a cartridge the size of a ketchup bottle." --Bob Williamson of the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

The gun "can shoot down airplanes." --Rep. Henry Waxman

The bullet from this gun "can pierce tanks and concrete bunkers." --U.S. Rep. Rod Blagojevich

The projectile from the .50 caliber rifle is "capable of piercing light armor at 4 miles." --Senator Dianne Feinstein

"The weapon can penetrate several inches of steel." --Senator Dianne Feinstein

I use it in the ASAT role myself. You have to lead those communications satellites quite a bit though.

71 posted on 07/30/2004 8:44:36 AM PDT by RogueIsland
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To: RogueIsland

Do you prefer the full mount or just the solar panel mount?


84 posted on 07/30/2004 8:52:22 AM PDT by OSHA (This tag line was inadvertently removed from the National Archives due to sloppiness on my part.)
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To: RogueIsland
You have to lead those communications satellites quite a bit though.

Those you don't have to lead, they remain stationary. (Well the actual dynamics would be a little more complicated than that :) But since they orbit at 22,000 miles it would take quite a lot of "gun" to shoot them down.

194 posted on 07/30/2004 10:36:22 AM PDT by El Gato (Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
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