Used as recently as the Persian Gulf war.
Posted on 06/17/2006 4:01:07 AM PDT by FerdieMurphy
These people need a visit from some veterans.
The penalty for treason is death.
Get the ropes.
What were they thinking? That Clinton was still in the White House? They just weren't paying attention.
funny that when you do a search on this company with torricelli and chang's names, how many links come up. I smell fish. Torricelli and Chang are under investigation for oil for food scandal.
FIVE YEARS?
That money-grubbing, traiterous, B*STARD deserves FIFTY YEARS.
Torricelli was senator in NJ
They should be "melted down."
He should be publicly hanged!
"The penalty for treason is death."
What is the criteria for treason? Do we have to be at war with said country to be treason?
These people were obviously trying to ship these missiles for further use by the receiver. They are traitors.
However IMO it would be chep for the government to have run over them with a major league bulldozer before they were delivered to the traitors. These missiles were not sold as salvage missiles , but as salvage scrap, there was no excuse for delivering them intact to a company that was going to melt them down,
They should be subcontracting a smelter to melt them down and allow the smelter operator to have the ingot income as an exchange for service. Just imagine how much R&D the Chinese have not had to do on itens that have not been interdicted.
The Chinese are working the back alleys of our nation looking for any advantage. We should be feeding them every bit of bogus self destructive technology we can as surplus parts, as a massive counter intelligence operation conducted by Chinese American Pubbie restaurant owners.
Surpus item for China, get them today while they are hot, you commi bustards: 
What to hell is wrong with our DOD?
Anything like this should NEVER be put up for bid (IMHO). It should either be destroyed (by members within the DOD) or stored somewhere, until such time as the product is no longer of any value to any potential enemy--which of course, China, is.
Of course in Clintoooon could get away with it, well . . . . .
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES!
You have my full agreement. Even if these surplus parts don't hold any technological revelations to the ChiComs, why are we even playing with them in the first place? They are not our allies.
This incident makes me think that the government should buy some smelters and make ingots in their own facility.
Selling intact missiles and working radar equipment is kinda crazy when its so easily destroyed.
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