US Downs Dummy Ballistic Missile in Successful Test

Reuters ^ | 24FEB05 | Jim Wolf

[Brilliant]

Only until she's elected, though.

[Brilliant]

Only until she's elected, though.

[al baby]

ok now i get it thank you

[ProudVet77]

EW from late 71 when they created the rating till I got out in early 74. When I first took over the equipment they didn't even have an EW watch stander in CIC. Which is probably just as well. Couldn't hear anything anyway. So I took off the waveguide end where the cable connected to the tuner for the upper band. Out came salt water :) The waveguide had a few quarts of saltwater in it. That equipment was a mess. The SLA-10 also didn't work at all, and the AS-899 antenna would not run at a decent speed. I must have lived up on the mast for a month working on that. Turned out that the antenna was miswired. When I fixed it in Rota Spain, the Chief took me out for beers :)
FWIW - in making sure I got the antenna number right, I came across this link http://www.usswaddell.com/History/Official_Documents/command_histories/1967.htm and it indicates they had the same problem.....
On our North Atlantic tour we spent time in the Barents Sea and we frequently got buzzed by Bear Deltas and also some Krivak and Kresta cruisers. Does the DON-2 and Big Bulge bring back memories?

[rlmorel]

Wow. Hehe, I'll bet they ran around when that anchor went. We were in Souda Bay and the Kennedy lost it's main anchor. You can imagine the hate and discontent that engendered. The entire chain parted at the bitter end. They did a recovery on that chain, for sure.

Thanks for your stories...I have a huge amount of respect for tin can sailors.

[ProudVet77]

You ever get up to MA and we can go out for a few.....
Being sailors I'm sure we won't run out of stories. There are several on this thread. I'm sure wyattearp has some great ones. EWs tend to be some of the more whacked out people in the Navy :)

[processing please hold]

That's exactly what I was thinking. There on the news constantly when they fail. I didn't there was a success until I just read it.

MSM.....jeez, what losers.

[processing please hold]

There = They're

[Just A Nobody]

"To see her on the Senate Armed Services Committee is enough to make me grind all my teeth to stubs. God help us."

Ditto!! I seem to be wearing my anti-grind night guard 24/7

[rlmorel]

Hilliary Clinton is a case study of the contempt that liberals feel for the average person.

She is one of the most anti-military people to hold government office. The story related by Gary Aldrich in "Unlimited Access" is by all accounts true. Some Air Force guy passed her and said "Good Morning" or some such thing, and she hissed at him something to the effect of "You people don't talk to me. I don't want to see you..." etc.

She is still the same piece of crap she was back in 1973. She holds the same values regarding the military now that she did then. But she is trying to change her spots, and is apparently confident that people won't notice how bold faced dishonest she is.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Don't worry, THAAD is currently in production and has an advanced program for a booster update to expand the area being defended. Lots of success (finally). I am currently retired, off the program.

[Cicero]

Good. We need defensive missiles not only to protect the U.S., but to protect our carrier battle groups in places like Taiwan.

[solitas]

The Defense Department plans to field up to 30 SM-3 missiles on Aegis-equipped ships by 2007 to destroy short- and medium-range ballistic missiles in mid-flight. ... Currently deployed on 68 U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers, the Aegis system is also being supplied to Spain, Japan, South Korea, Norway and Australia.

Put 'em on the ground in Taiwan; facing west.

[Jeff Head]

I know...my only point is that, IMHO, we would have been a decade ahead if not for the foolish decisions of the administration in the 90's.

[wyattearp]

Does the DON-2 and Big Bulge bring back memories?

Oh, yeah. We referred to the former as "our friendly DON-2." Always there, right on the edge of our range, down in the 'grass'. I always wondered if he knew that we could see him. ;-) We had a WLR-1G and an SLQ-26 (active gear). Our 899 was constantly burning out bearings. When swapping parts with other ships, those bearings were like gold. At one point we had to have the hull techs turn us some bronze bushings, 'cause the bearings absolutely could not be had. I hated the AS-899.

Have quite a few stories about Krivaks and Krestas too. I don't care what anybody says about the Soviets; those guys had some serious stones.