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StormBreaker: Powerful bomb penetrates bad weather, spells bad news for bad guys
Fox News ^ | July 27, 2018 | Allison Barrie

Posted on 07/27/2018 11:52:28 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs

Enemies of the United States will never be able to use bad weather to hide again.

StormBreaker is a new bomb that can seek out targets in spite of bad weather in the battlespace.

Not only does it reign over all weather, around the clock…it can hunt bad guys when they are on the move or trying to escape in vehicles.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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Here's Allison's money quote:

Made by Raytheon, the bomb is fired from fighter jets thousands of miles high in the sky and penetrates bad weather to attack moving and stationary targets on the ground.

Those are some serious fighter jets!
1 posted on 07/27/2018 11:52:28 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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the bomb is fired from fighter jets thousands of miles high in the sky

Geostationary orbit is around 22,000 miles "high in the sky".

2 posted on 07/27/2018 11:54:50 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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Jets can’t fly that high.


3 posted on 07/27/2018 11:56:23 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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35,786 km (22,236 mi).

I think she should have used feet.


4 posted on 07/27/2018 11:56:39 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: ConservativeMind

Flying saucers have no problem doing it. But they’re not jets ...


5 posted on 07/27/2018 11:57:00 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ConservativeMind

I chuckled as I posted for that reason.


6 posted on 07/27/2018 11:57:11 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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Aliens.........................


7 posted on 07/27/2018 11:57:28 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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Hell, rockets can’t fly that high!..................


8 posted on 07/27/2018 11:58:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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I think she should have used common sense.................


9 posted on 07/27/2018 11:58:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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Allison Barrie is a defense specialist with experience in more than 70 countries who consults at the highest levels of defense and national security, a lawyer with four postgraduate degrees, and author of the definitive guide, Future Weapons: Access Granted, on sale in 30 countries. Barrie hosts the new hit podcast “Tactical Talk” where she gives listeners direct access to the most fascinating Special Operations warriors each week and to find out more about the FOX Firepower host and columnist you can click here or follow her on Twitter @allison_barrie and Instagram @allisonbarriehq.
10 posted on 07/27/2018 12:00:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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Eight Miles High
11 posted on 07/27/2018 12:01:08 PM PDT by JonPreston
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12 posted on 07/27/2018 12:01:09 PM PDT by bankwalker (Immigration without assimilation is an invasion.)
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Hell, rockets can’t fly that high!..................

That's right. We use flying saucers to put GOES in orbit ...

13 posted on 07/27/2018 12:01:21 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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LOL!!!

She needs to brush up on her "units of measure".

14 posted on 07/27/2018 12:02:20 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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The rocket stops and falls off.........

The satellite keeps going.........


15 posted on 07/27/2018 12:02:40 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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That’s about cruising altitude for those “fighter jets” isn’t it?


16 posted on 07/27/2018 12:02:52 PM PDT by skimbell
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Comment at the article:

They have to thread their way through space junk and the Direct TV satellites, GPS just to fire these things.....


17 posted on 07/27/2018 12:03:31 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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An Alpha or Valkyrie?


18 posted on 07/27/2018 12:04:01 PM PDT by wally_bert (Just call me Angelo or babe.)
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19 posted on 07/27/2018 12:05:56 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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Must be metric miles..................


20 posted on 07/27/2018 12:06:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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