Posted on 03/10/2009 3:30:09 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins
No, it was Clinton era political promotions, affirmative action and an economy that paid more and appreciated the military brains.
I thought this particular passage was most interesting:
“Just when we thought all was lost, it occurred to us that the Chinese might have kept a copy of the missing papers describing how to make the warhead. After a few somewhat embarrassing inquiries, we soon learned that our supposition was correct. Fortunately, the Chinese were willing to sell us these blueprints for the small sum of $59 billion. Otherwise, we would have been forced to reinvent them from scratch at tremendous expense.”
Even cops don’t trust 911. They all demand to carry.
The W76 is a United States thermonuclear warhead. It was manufactured from 1978 - 1987, and is still in service as of early as of 2008[update].
The W-76 is carried inside a Mk-4 re-entry vehicle. U.S. Trident I and Trident II Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles may carry W76 warheads as one warhead option, along with W88 warheads in the Trident II.
FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W76
http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/1814/fogbank
Finally, there is a material that we currently use and its in a facility that we built at Y-12. Its a very complicated material that call it the fog bank. Thats not classified, but its a material thats very important to, you know, our life extension activity. And we are spending a lot of money as part of the [LEP] in making trying to produce that material, and we are not out of the woods yet. And its a material that uses a cleaning agent that is extremely flammable. And in fact, we had to build a separate spillway, external, because if this stuff ever caused a problem we would want we would have to put it in this area. Its expensive to operate and maintain that facility.
The Russians also seem to remember how to make nuclear weapons... So do the North Koreans...
Regarding a classified material codenamed Fogbank
Bill of Materials:
1 Cup Broccoli
5 Brussels sprouts
3 Pickled eggs
1 Cup Fiber One, dry
1 Can generic “chili with beans”
72 oz.of “Meisterbrau” or equivalent not to exceed US$3.29/6
Combine all solid raw materials in macerator for ~60 seconds.
Swallow.
Gather “Fogbank” material into Mason jar positioned at posterior exhaust port (Approx 30-45min)
This is why cuts in defense spending, basic research, and NASA should be considered very carefully, because knowledge that walks out the door can’t be replaced easily once times are good. Even if it is written down, don’t expect that when someone wants to get back to it, that they can find the information, interpret the information, or even read the electronic format the documents are in.
Yep!....{:-)
We did not build the atom bomb or fly to the Moon by resting on our laurels. Actually we had the fear of Nazi and Communist domination pressing us out of our complacency. Do we need another national “near-death experience” to kick us into the reality that 2nd place in War is last place? Sadly for too many the answer is “yes.”
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