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1 posted on 03/25/2008 9:16:00 AM PDT by klpt
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To: Allegra

ping


2 posted on 03/25/2008 9:19:03 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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Delivered compliments of Oleg Antonov. Love it.


3 posted on 03/25/2008 9:19:38 AM PDT by Hazwaste (Vote! Vote for the conservative local, state, and national candidates of your choice, but VOTE!)
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Amazing how complicated the world has become. We bash Russia for its undemocratic practices under Putin and we contract with a Russian company to deliver to us our most advanced weapons.

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4 posted on 03/25/2008 9:22:06 AM PDT by tripod
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Incredible weapon. Scares the hell out of me, just watching a demonstration video.


5 posted on 03/25/2008 9:22:38 AM PDT by ZX12R
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That’s a Russian Transport plane uloading the Phalanx.


6 posted on 03/25/2008 9:24:07 AM PDT by pblax8
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Speaking of FOB Kalsu...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/726718/posts

Oklahoma ping?

8 posted on 03/25/2008 9:29:01 AM PDT by OKSooner
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Shades of DIVAD.


9 posted on 03/25/2008 9:29:01 AM PDT by Tallguy (Tagline is offline till something better comes along...)
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Didn’t the Army used to have a 20mm vulcan on an M113 chassis - can’t remember the number...
The Hind was designed to shrug it off


10 posted on 03/25/2008 9:33:53 AM PDT by Waverunner ( "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire)
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How can I get one mounted on my roof to take care of those pesky ‘Ding Dong Ditchers’.


14 posted on 03/25/2008 9:36:02 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Interesting!


15 posted on 03/25/2008 9:36:50 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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Hey,

where's the picture of the gun?
19 posted on 03/25/2008 9:42:34 AM PDT by deuteronlmy232 ("In the beginning GOD created the heavens and the earth." God, Genesis 1:1)
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The Phalanx is nice, but the canon on the A-10 is a bit more impressive.


20 posted on 03/25/2008 9:43:52 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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They want to use that in Baghdad? That sounds like a really bad idea - that’s a LOT of lead being spewed out there, and those rounds eventually come back down to earth. Baghdad is a pretty large city - I imagine those civilians downrange in the city will be getting some unpleasant lead showers.


26 posted on 03/25/2008 9:54:27 AM PDT by AzSteven ("War is less costly than servitude, the choice is always between Verdun and Dachau." Jean Dutourd)
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Iraq’s getting quite bumpy agian all of a sudden...Well, Baghdad is, anyway.


27 posted on 03/25/2008 9:55:36 AM PDT by Allegra (I have an inbred fear of stupid people.)
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To: klpt

OH HELL YES.


39 posted on 03/25/2008 10:21:28 AM PDT by steel_resolve (I stand with the Tibetans.)
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The son of one of my 1`coworkers is stationed at FOB Kalsu.


42 posted on 03/25/2008 10:24:47 AM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton)
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Gory bastard that I am, I can’t help wondering if it’s been modified to use against human wave attacks (and what that would be like), instead of exclusively against incoming missiles, rockets, artillery, etc? Can an operator take manual control of the Phalanx and use it against ground forces? It’d be a primo prize if the jihadis could capture it or destroy it, as unlikely as that would seem to be.


47 posted on 03/25/2008 10:57:27 AM PDT by LibWhacker
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I may hold the distinction of the only person ever to be shot in the eye by a Phalanx and living to tell the story ...

We were testing the system when I was just a young Ensign - my division owned the CIWS. We had a failure of the bolt restraining the two spacer plates on the barrels. The spacers rattled free and were shot to bits by the guns before the failsafe shut her down. The shrapnel littered the gun turret and a small piece rattled around the box and somehow came back up, got around the side protection on my ‘approved’ safety glasses and lodged in my right eye. The ships doc removed it with tweezers - it measured just shy of a full millimeter and had fortunately stuck end in so the laceration was small. My vision is still +20/20.

It's a cool piece of gear and somehow I still have a soft spot in my heart for ole R2.

61 posted on 03/25/2008 11:52:13 AM PDT by BlueNgold (... Feed the tree!)
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Why did Russia fly our system?


73 posted on 03/25/2008 3:52:12 PM PDT by wastedyears (The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
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77 posted on 03/25/2008 4:35:44 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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