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Vietnam-era Navy plane takes aim at new enemy: Iraq's roadside bombs
San Diego Union Tribune ^ | June 12, 2007 | Jim Krane, AP

Posted on 06/15/2007 6:51:38 AM PDT by RDTF

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To: RDTF
The Prowler is nothing compared to this beauty:

But then, I'm partial to the F-111 since that was the aircraft I worked on in the Air Force. It was a shame to retire those Spark Varks.

41 posted on 06/15/2007 7:47:37 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: rjsimmon

Understood - I’ve asked the mod to remove my previous post.


42 posted on 06/15/2007 7:49:10 AM PDT by Ol' Sox
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To: P-40

You can get cell phone jammers from England and India, but it is illegal to use them in the USA.


43 posted on 06/15/2007 7:51:08 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Search for Folding Project - Join FR Team 36120)
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To: P-40
Is there a smaller version of this device that could be carried into a movie theater or restaurant? :)

Yes, but then you'll have people asking you, "Is that an antenna sticking out of your pants or are you just happy to see me"?


44 posted on 06/15/2007 7:56:10 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: unspun

Yes, that was here in Michigan. Men were buying up Tracfones at WalMarts here and taking them back to TX to “sell at a profit.” I guess they don’t have WalMarts in TX. Also, they had removed the battery chargers and SIM cards. I guess you get more money for them that way in TX.


45 posted on 06/15/2007 8:04:01 AM PDT by MIDad23
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To: null and void
They claimed that they were buying them at retail in the US to sell on behalf of the prophet at a profit in Swarthistan.

If they weren't given back so the Feds could trace them and catch the big fish, it's just one more reason to send Michael Chertoff back to the bosom of Rudy Giuliani and New Jersey.

46 posted on 06/15/2007 8:05:04 AM PDT by unspun (What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
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To: Old Sarge
That is, if anyone under age 40 knows what OPSEC means, anymore...

Under 40 here. I know what it means and hope that someone knows what SAEDA is ;)

47 posted on 06/15/2007 8:05:53 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (Arm Pilots&Teachers. Build the Wall. Export Illegals. Profile Muslims.Kill all child molesters RFN!)
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To: DCBryan1

It’s kind of like asking “what’s treason”? Or the meaning of “is”...


48 posted on 06/15/2007 8:08:17 AM PDT by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: RDTF

And it will burn a Sherriff’s patrol car to the ground with electronic warfare only :)


49 posted on 06/15/2007 8:14:11 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Killing all of your enemies without mercy is the only sure way of sleeping soundly at night.)
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To: unspun

I guess we’ll never know...


50 posted on 06/15/2007 8:14:55 AM PDT by null and void (Wherever liberty has sprouted around the world, we find its seeds were watered with American blood)
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To: rjsimmon

Shape can only overcome so much. The angle of incidence is still an important factor. Have you ever heard of flying under the radar?


51 posted on 06/15/2007 8:15:12 AM PDT by monocle
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To: Old Sarge

Identification of the critical information to be protected
Analysis of the threats
Analysis of the vulnerabilities
Assessment of the risks
Application of the countermeasures


52 posted on 06/15/2007 8:17:12 AM PDT by LLoyd George (more speculation games - cosmology style)
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To: RDTF

Part of our mission in West Germany was to jam our arty units during training exercises. We’d let them get near the end of their end-of-day reports and then jam the last few lines. Used to drive them nuts, especially at 3 A.M.


53 posted on 06/15/2007 8:18:12 AM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: MIDad23; null and void
Yes, that was here in Michigan. Men were buying up Tracfones at WalMarts here and taking them back to TX to “sell at a profit.” I guess they don’t have WalMarts in TX. Also, they had removed the battery chargers and SIM cards. I guess you get more money for them that way in TX.

I guess we should all relax and not worry about that. Afterall, cell phones slipping through the Feds' fingers to terrorists in Iraq means that we're helping them to fight over there, so they don't fight us over here -- right?

/s

54 posted on 06/15/2007 8:18:55 AM PDT by unspun (What do you think? Please think, before you answer.)
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To: F.J. Mitchell

“How about installing the prowler type equipment into all Military ground vehicles?”

You need a big power source.


55 posted on 06/15/2007 8:19:16 AM PDT by toddlintown (Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
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To: toddlintown
This was my baby:

Had a lot of fun dring FTXs with this thing. There is something to be said for being in tactical units.

56 posted on 06/15/2007 8:32:47 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici
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To: Dead Dog
Be kinda fun to set off IEDs by satelite.

Especially in the assembly process.

57 posted on 06/15/2007 8:32:51 AM PDT by Retired COB (Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
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To: Dumpster Baby

Regarding the scanner, some years ago I was on the bridge of a Coast Guard ship, and the PA system for shouting instructions to the deck was clearly labeled ‘Radio Shack.’


58 posted on 06/15/2007 8:33:00 AM PDT by 11x62
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To: Retired COB

Just radiate ever suspected safe house...or randomly hit every block.


59 posted on 06/15/2007 8:39:09 AM PDT by Dead Dog
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To: RDTF

a tad ugly but totally beautiful.


60 posted on 06/15/2007 8:50:45 AM PDT by ripley
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