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Army shuns system to combat RPGs
MSNBC.com ^
| Sept 5, 2006
| Adam Ciralsky, Lisa Myers & the NBC News Investigative Unit
Posted on 09/05/2006 6:53:40 PM PDT by ruptured duck
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To: ruptured duck
Has anyone else heard of this system and is it really as effective as this article purports?
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posted on
09/05/2006 6:54:51 PM PDT
by
ruptured duck
(He shoots....and boom goes the dynamite!)
To: ruptured duck
I can't imagine the price tag?
To: Andy from Beaverton
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posted on
09/05/2006 6:56:52 PM PDT
by
ruptured duck
(He shoots....and boom goes the dynamite!)
To: ruptured duck
Seems like a difficult problem to overcome..technically that is.
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posted on
09/05/2006 6:57:14 PM PDT
by
Wristpin
("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
To: ruptured duck
It sounds like a great way to tear up dismounted infantry around the armored vehicle.
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posted on
09/05/2006 6:57:25 PM PDT
by
MediaMole
(9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
To: ruptured duck
...says Miller’s mother, Kathy “Little Denny never knew what hit him.” Was he 6 years old when she signed him up?
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posted on
09/05/2006 6:58:36 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: ruptured duck
I would think that a shotgun might be usefull in exploding the RPG before it hits.
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posted on
09/05/2006 6:59:10 PM PDT
by
ArtyFO
(I love to smoke cigars when I adjust artillery fire.)
To: MediaMole
That's a pretty good point. Anything travaling at "hundreds of miles a minute" might leave a mark in just about anything.
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posted on
09/05/2006 6:59:14 PM PDT
by
ruptured duck
(He shoots....and boom goes the dynamite!)
To: pfflier
Lots of little Dennys were shreded when they rode Shermans to war.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:00:53 PM PDT
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: ruptured duck
The first I've heard of this was tonight on NBC Nightly News (it was pretty much the same info as in the MSNBC article). The test that was shown seemed very controlled, with only the vehicle mounted with the Trophy system and a single RPG fired at it while it drove along in a straight line. Nothing else around in the test area.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:00:53 PM PDT
by
Ex-Dem
To: Wristpin
Seems like a difficult problem to overcome..technically that is. Not really, as long as you can deal with the really short response time. At least not for a single incoming round. Multiple, it gets dicier fast.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:01:29 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
(†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | UN: Useless Nations)
To: Wristpin
Essentially the same system concept, a ballistic missile defense system, is impossible according to the demoncrats.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:02:22 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: MediaMole
I think the big difference between the Israeli system available now, and the Raytheon system which might in place, is the ability to avoid hitting US dismounts around the vehicle.
Raytheon will promise to keep US dismounts safe from our anti=RPG weapons. The Israeli system makes no such claim, to my knowledge. This would lead us to "Spam in the can" tactics, rather than the dismount heavy approach that is used in the Stryker vehicles now.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:04:19 PM PDT
by
donmeaker
(If the sky don't say "Surrender Dorothy!" then my ex wife is out of town.)
To: RobbyS
Yup. the rolling Ronson wasn't very survivable.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:05:25 PM PDT
by
pfflier
To: Andy from Beaverton
"I can't imagine the price tag? Ah, its in the article. Page 2.
Trophies — which cost $300,000-$400,000 each
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:05:30 PM PDT
by
seasoned traditionalist
(ALL MUSLIMS ARE NOT TERRORISTS, BUT ALL TERRORISTS WHO WANT TO DESTROY OUR COUNTRY, ARE MUSLIMS)
To: Andy from Beaverton
I can't imagine the price tag?
How much is a soldiers life worth? Especially if he/she is related to you?
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:05:44 PM PDT
by
Hydroshock
( (Proverbs 22:7). The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.)
To: ruptured duck
The article says the Israeli system works 98 percent of the time and is available now rather cheap...The Army balked because they have a $70 million contract with Raytheon to develop a system. This is a no brainer...buy the Israeli system now.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:07:08 PM PDT
by
Wristpin
("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
To: donmeaker
SURE, next is a missile that stops evil thoughts.
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:08:29 PM PDT
by
bybybill
(`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
To: ruptured duck
>"Has anyone else heard of this system and is it really as effective as this article purports?"I've heard of carpet bombing! It's relatively inexpensive in cost and American lives. It is extremely effective, just axe Dresden or Tokyo.
Q. How do you win the hearts and minds of brainwashed slaves of satanallah?
A. High explosives and lots of them
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posted on
09/05/2006 7:09:37 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
(I'd rather be carrying a shotgun with Dick, than riding shotgun with a Kennedyl! *-0(:~{>)
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