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U.S. weighs shootdown of N. Korea missile
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| Tuesday, June 20, 2006
| ROBERT BURNS
Posted on 06/20/2006 3:45:35 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
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To: Momaw Nadon
Don't shoot it down and allow others to observe our system. Blow it up on the pad with a cruise missile.
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:46:53 PM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG-49) Freedom's Fortress)
To: Momaw Nadon
Shoot it down and say nothing.
Don't claim it either way, whether you hit it or miss it.
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:48:08 PM PDT
by
marron
To: neodad
I was thinking the same thing. Blow it up on the launch pad and problem solved.
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:48:08 PM PDT
by
Argus
To: marron
If we launch an interceptor from Fort Greeley, everybody will know ... and there will be no denying it.
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:49:35 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Momaw Nadon
"Since then, with the investment of tens of billions of dollars, the Pentagon has developed a rudimentary system that it says is capable of defending against a limited number of missiles in an emergency."
A threat to retaliate against Pyongyang would have exactly the same effect. Pentagon needs to weigh whether when the ABM fails will that lead to the programs cancelation, or will bring more money into this boondoggle.
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:51:38 PM PDT
by
Shermy
To: Momaw Nadon
"multibillion dollar" ... "rudimentary" ... "spotty record" ....
Nah ... no bias there. How did that go?
"Nattering Nabobs of Negativism" ...
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:51:56 PM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: neodad; Momaw Nadon
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:52:39 PM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah" = Satan in disguise)
To: Momaw Nadon
I support a US missle defense test!
Take it down.
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:53:48 PM PDT
by
airborne
(Satan's greatest trick was convincing people he doesn't exist.)
To: Momaw Nadon
Maybe instead of shooting it down we could redirect its trajectory. Play with it a little while. Catch it. Take it apart. Ship it back in pieces.
To: Momaw Nadon
Since then, with the investment of tens of billions of dollars, the Pentagon has developed a rudimentary system that it says is capable of defending against a limited number of missiles in an emergency.
And it will be worth every single penny PLUS if it stops a single ICBM inbound. What would it be worth to keep say Seattle from becoming a smoking hole?
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:55:09 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: airborne
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:55:22 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(I'd rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than drive over a bridge with Ted Kennedy)
To: airborne
including the risk of shooting and missing
That'd be quite a nailbiter for those in the U.S. program.
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:57:19 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Meep Meep)
To: Momaw Nadon
N.Koreans test their missile and USA test missile defence. Look at that as some sort of cooperation.
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:57:44 PM PDT
by
A. Pole
(Gore:We are the most powerful force of nature.We are changing the relationship between Earth and Sun)
To: spokeshave
Being in california, you're in the impact area. :^o
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posted on
06/20/2006 3:59:00 PM PDT
by
airborne
(Satan's greatest trick was convincing people he doesn't exist.)
To: ErnBatavia
No, we can fire more than one interceptor. AND we can fire from the SURFLTPAC forces.
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posted on
06/20/2006 4:00:09 PM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: Momaw Nadon
My prediction: No launch. They are faking the fuel-up, and there will be no launch. I haven't read this anywhere, it's just my guess.
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posted on
06/20/2006 4:00:12 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Free Iran! WARNING! Forbidden Cartoon: .. . *-O)) :-{>. . . .)
To: A. Pole
Exactly. We "just happened" to run a test concurrent with theirs. I like it.
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posted on
06/20/2006 4:00:14 PM PDT
by
taxed2death
(A few billion here, a few trillion there...we're all friends right?)
To: neodad
Don't shoot it down and allow others to observe our system. Blow it up on the pad with a cruise missile. Might be considered too close to an act of war. But I agree about not having people observe our systems, so maybe we should launch something from a plane to take it out. Just keep a plane in ready in the air of South Korea ready to go until they intercept the launch.
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posted on
06/20/2006 4:00:22 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: Kozak
Use a different city. Seattle proper is openly pro-palestinian, and very anti-US. Military recruiters on junior college and high school campii are organized against in the open.
Seattle as a smoking hole would mean that Washington State would have a real shot at becoming a red state.
If that's NK's target, give me 30 minutes notice and then fire for effect.
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