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To: greasepaint
After this weekend's weather delay, this test is reported to be a 'success'. Lets hope the N Koreans agree not to attack during bad weather

Just so you are aware, the reason for postponement during bad weather is for instrumentation and publicity photographs, not because the system will not work. The intercept was in outer space, no weather there, and the missiles fly quickly through ground weather. Just so you know.

21 posted on 12/04/2001 4:57:36 AM PST by KC_for_Freedom
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To: KC_for_Freedom
"Just so you are aware, the reason for postponement during bad weather is for instrumentation and publicity photographs...

Huh? The instrumentation radars that record the details of the exo-atmospheric hit certainly will perform better when the weather's good, but I don't think publicity photos of a night launch in Kwaj would be a consideration. With the survival of the BMD program and a (well deserved) half billion dollar bonus on the line... getting a good photo for the press release was surely the last of among about 5000 things to be considered.

24 posted on 12/04/2001 6:01:33 AM PST by Harrison Bergeron
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