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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.
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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?
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Can you hear me now, Kim? ROFLOL!
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:22:33 PM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Mine's bigger."
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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.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
"Mine's bigger." ...and actually works.
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:23:30 PM PDT
by
TChris
(Banning DDT wasn't about birds. It was about power.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
LOL. Should be a great year.
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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)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
Stay tuned for more "Ultimate Lawn-Darts"
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:24:38 PM PDT
by
scottinoc
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
I've been 1000 yards from the hole when one of these was fired. They make lots of noise.
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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.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
So that's about 4,151 miles more than Kim's best effort.
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:25:09 PM PDT
by
ushr435
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.
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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)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
"Oooooooo.... dat big wissile" 
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:28:00 PM PDT
by
avacado
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:28:38 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
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.
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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.)
To: CholeraJoe
They make more noise going back in...........
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:29:07 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
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.
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
To NK: ALL YOUR MISSILES ARE NOW BELONG TO US!
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:29:39 PM PDT
by
JamesP81
("Never let your schooling interfere with your education" --Mark Twain)
To: Red Badger
I know. I was at Kwajalein once for a test shot.
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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.)
To: CholeraJoe
I wasn't talking about a "test" shot............!
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:33:24 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: CholeraJoe
Is it real, or is it memorex?
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posted on
07/21/2006 12:34:55 PM PDT
by
Stashiu
(RVN, 1969-70)
To: Red Badger
Oh the real things make heap big boom, Kimosabe.
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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.)
To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity
The Minuteman III dummy warheads were fired at 3:14 a.m.What is that in North Korean time?
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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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