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U.S. successfully launches unarmed intercontinental missile in test
AP via Sun Sentinel ^ | 7/20/2006 | Staff

Posted on 07/21/2006 12:21:20 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- The Air Force successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile early Thursday.

The Minuteman III dummy warheads were fired at 3:14 a.m. and traveled about 4,200 miles before hitting a water target in the Marshall Islands.

(Excerpt) Read more at sun-sentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: icbm; kaboom; miltech; minutemaniii; nationalsecurity; proliferation; usaf; vandenbergafb
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Can you hear me now, Kim?
1 posted on 07/21/2006 12:21:21 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Can you hear me now, Kim?

ROFLOL!

2 posted on 07/21/2006 12:22:33 PM PDT by TChris (Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Mine's bigger."
3 posted on 07/21/2006 12:23:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Mine's bigger."

...and actually works.

4 posted on 07/21/2006 12:23:30 PM PDT by TChris (Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

LOL. Should be a great year.


5 posted on 07/21/2006 12:23:49 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Stay tuned for more "Ultimate Lawn-Darts"


6 posted on 07/21/2006 12:24:38 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

I've been 1000 yards from the hole when one of these was fired. They make lots of noise.


7 posted on 07/21/2006 12:24:48 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (All Marines can throw a grenade. The really, really good ones can throw a slider with one.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

So that's about 4,151 miles more than Kim's best effort.


8 posted on 07/21/2006 12:25:09 PM PDT by ushr435
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

Sounds like we are getting the bugs worked out and none too soon. We should be at least five years ahead of where we are now.


9 posted on 07/21/2006 12:26:59 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow, real poverty)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Oooooooo.... dat big wissile"


10 posted on 07/21/2006 12:28:00 PM PDT by avacado
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

.......Good!.......


11 posted on 07/21/2006 12:28:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

It was probably still dark at Kwajalein when the warheads came screaming in at 17,000 mph, glowing white hot. That's a pretty sight.


12 posted on 07/21/2006 12:28:46 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (All Marines can throw a grenade. The really, really good ones can throw a slider with one.)
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They make more noise going back in...........


13 posted on 07/21/2006 12:29:07 PM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: All

The U.N. can pass a resolution without 6 years' warning but they'll formally condemn this action quicker than you can say Jack Robinson.


14 posted on 07/21/2006 12:29:39 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity ("Sharpei diem - Seize the wrinkled dog.")
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity

To NK: ALL YOUR MISSILES ARE NOW BELONG TO US!


15 posted on 07/21/2006 12:29:39 PM PDT by JamesP81 ("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
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To: Red Badger

I know. I was at Kwajalein once for a test shot.


16 posted on 07/21/2006 12:30:36 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (All Marines can throw a grenade. The really, really good ones can throw a slider with one.)
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To: CholeraJoe

I wasn't talking about a "test" shot............!


17 posted on 07/21/2006 12:33:24 PM PDT by Red Badger (Is Castro dead yet?........)
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To: CholeraJoe

Is it real, or is it memorex?


18 posted on 07/21/2006 12:34:55 PM PDT by Stashiu (RVN, 1969-70)
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To: Red Badger

Oh the real things make heap big boom, Kimosabe.


19 posted on 07/21/2006 12:35:27 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (All Marines can throw a grenade. The really, really good ones can throw a slider with one.)
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The Minuteman III dummy warheads were fired at 3:14 a.m.

What is that in North Korean time?

20 posted on 07/21/2006 12:36:15 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is a perversion of faith, a lie against human spirit, an obscenity shouted in the face of G_d)
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