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To: Myrddin
Too bad that this approach allowed easy shootdown and capture of unexploded devices.

Dang! That means the salvage fuses I built didn't work.

1,458 posted on 06/16/2004 9:43:45 AM PDT by null and void ( 'IF', only the middle letters in 'life.')
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To: null and void
Dang! That means the salvage fuses I built didn't work.

The Iraqis were happy to show off captured cruise missiles. That doesn't mean they were fully functional. The surveillance aircraft we had off the coast of China had to destroy all the equipment with thermite bombs before setting it down. Nothing quite like a blob of molten steel running over your electronics to screw them up. It makes a hell of a lot of smoke in the aircraft while the thermite reaction is running.

1,465 posted on 06/16/2004 10:02:46 AM PDT by Myrddin
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