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Space Defense Program Gets Extra Funding (Space Bomber)
Washington Post ^
| November 12, 2007
| Walter Pincus
Posted on 11/12/2007 8:46:04 AM PST by tlb
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United States Air and Space Force is getting closer.
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posted on
11/12/2007 8:46:05 AM PST
by
tlb
To: tlb
To: tlb
Hopefully, Admiral Ozzel won’t be in charge of the program. Coming out of light speed too close to the system would make a clean bombardment impossible. He’s as clumsy as he is stupid.
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posted on
11/12/2007 8:54:44 AM PST
by
edpc
(Benchmarks = vandalism)
To: tlb
thanks, very interesting...Kewl, can it lauched w/in hours/on standby...
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posted on
11/12/2007 8:57:07 AM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(just b/c your paranoid, doesn't mean they're NOT out to get you....Run, Fred, Run. :^)
To: tlb
With weapon systems like this, enemy leaders will have to live in motorhomes that never stop for anything except refueling. Now that’s my kind of weapon system!
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posted on
11/12/2007 8:57:47 AM PST
by
darth
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Gentlemen! You cannot fight here...
this is the War Room!
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posted on
11/12/2007 8:58:56 AM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: edpc
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posted on
11/12/2007 8:59:48 AM PST
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: tlb
Continued hypersonic R&D. Applications are decades away.
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:01:04 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: RightWhale
Isn’t this sort of thing what ICBMs are for?
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:04:04 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: edpc
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:05:02 AM PST
by
Pyro7480
("Jesu, Jesu, Jesu, esto mihi Jesus" -St. Ralph Sherwin's last words at Tyburn)
To: mvpel
R&D in search of a mission.
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:06:53 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: tlb
Two hours? Why not just have a bunch of missiles floating in space, uploaded in bulk, then plop them out of orbit when need be?
To: tlb
Is this related to the “Rods from God” concept?
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:11:46 AM PST
by
philled
("CNBC?...You might as well be doing ham radio at that point."-- Dennis Miller)
To: tlb
To: mvpel
ICBMs are not recallable and a lot of people have issues with launching conventional rounds on missiles that also carry nuclear weapons: What would be the response of the US if the Russians or Chinese had a similar capacity, launched it in our direction at an enemy not in or near the US, but the missile flew over the US?
You have 15 minutes to decide...
A recoverable manned, rocket launched, hypersonic bomber would fly a very different different profile and keep peoples fingers off the big red button...
How does that money look to you now? Accidental holocaust vs. $200 billion...
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:12:35 AM PST
by
Freeport
To: tlb
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:12:55 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(BOMB, BOMB, BOMB,.......BOMB, BOMB IRAN)
To: Puddleglum
Various treaties preclude space-based weapons.
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:14:08 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(anti-razors are pro-life)
To: Puddleglum
The ChiComs know how to shoot down satellites.
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:15:52 AM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: tlb
More than likely it will be remotely controlled.
To: Eye of Unk
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posted on
11/12/2007 9:17:11 AM PST
by
bmwcyle
(BOMB, BOMB, BOMB,.......BOMB, BOMB IRAN)
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