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To: SBeck
I have no idea as to what you eat for breakfast, but I would advise you to switch brands. KKV's have been around since 1995 and it is feasible that a test would include one. What do you think that our tests in the Pacific use? An accurate missile does not need an exploding warhead. The one that hit TWA800 left only a cloud of chaff to mark its intercept. Modern chaff is designed to linger for a half hour to radar paint the results of a test. It is very light, hair like in lengths of 0.8 to 1.6 inches. Its latent heat from its mortar firing caused the TWA800 chaff to rise approximately 700 to 1,100 feet above the point of impact. When WHPS Mike McCurry stated that the 'glitter' reflected radar, he was referring to the chaff which is designed to reflect radar. Using 'glitter' would be much cheaper if it really worked. But the onboard glitter was only 0.003 inch in diameter. Please tell me what radar would be tuned for this tiny wavelength. Never hoppen, mon. The PETN which was found in the aircraft debris would be the ideal propellant for chaff due to its ultra fast burn rate. The 'dogs' must have flunked their imaginary test. How did they expect the dogs to climb the cargo bay curtain where PETN was found, not to mention the trail which passed through the passenger cabin? Dogs, like glitter, were luckily found only after they were needed to explain the facts in a fantasy way. BTW, I'll match my education and professional experience with your's any day. Being blind to the facts is easy for idiots. Just close you eyes and pretend that they go away.
77 posted on 12/03/2001 7:24:52 AM PST by barf
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To: barf
"The one that hit TWA800 left only a cloud of chaff to mark its intercept. Modern chaff is designed to linger for a half hour to radar paint the results of a test."

Where do you get this stuff? Are you really saying this "KKV missile" drops a bundle of chaff to mark its intercept? Since a KKV must by definition actually hit its target for its intercept to be successful, why drop chaff? The rest of your post is equally non-sensical. Do you just make this stuff up as you go along?

151 posted on 12/09/2001 1:47:58 PM PST by Rokke
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