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The red button that could launch Britain's nuclear warheads
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| 22 January 2016
| MARK DUELL & LARISSA BROWN
Posted on 01/22/2016 5:02:31 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: Squantos; archy
Thanks...interesting info about symbol significance on that forum thread. Bad Tolz WWII history was new to me.... and market in fake/repro patches.
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01/26/2016 3:35:55 AM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled..e.by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern - Chesterton)
To: Covenantor; Squantos
Thanks...interesting info about symbol significance on that forum thread. Bad Tolz WWII history was new to me.... and market in fake/repro patches. One more item of info for you: A LOT of the *Specialty* patches [like the Green Light SADM teams] were not usually worn on the outside on uniform shirts/jackets, but rather sewn to the inside liner of the beret.
And that's right where mine is.
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posted on
01/26/2016 7:44:53 AM PST
by
archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
To: Squantos
Crest I possess..... alpha beta gamma and atomic symbol .... Hey, you got a hammer I can borrow?
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01/26/2016 7:46:33 AM PST
by
archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
To: Boonie; pfflier
The USAF uses key switches. .... .
OK....But they do use two, right??? Thatâs why I put â â around triggers...I didnât know what to call them... Clackers!
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posted on
01/26/2016 7:50:02 AM PST
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archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I’m glad it has a trigger guard! Oops!
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posted on
01/26/2016 7:51:13 AM PST
by
Cboldt
To: archy
That’s some serious defensive preparation!
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01/26/2016 7:53:30 AM PST
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Cboldt
To: Covenantor
Bad Tolz WWII history was new to me.... and market in fake/repro patches. Oh, man, the stories about Toelz/ Flint Kaserne in the 1950s/'60s/'70s! The Old Man's desk and the ghostly SS Hauptsturmfuhrer whose clicking hobnailed boots could be heard on the basement halls when nobody was there. And of course, a lot of guys who went off to sunny climes in Southeast Asia [and elsewhere] and who might just be looking over your shoulder to see how things were going at the old place....
The Augsburg [aka *Eggsburg* to GIs] patches were commonplace, especially around the 24th division guys and ASA teams stationed there. And yep, the Navy was there too....
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posted on
01/26/2016 8:19:55 AM PST
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archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
To: archy
Now THAT’S how you arrive at a hot LZ.
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posted on
01/26/2016 8:20:04 AM PST
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pfflier
To: pfflier
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posted on
01/26/2016 8:30:42 AM PST
by
archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
To: DuncanWaring
Could just barely lob the nuke beyond its blast radius.
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posted on
01/26/2016 9:08:37 AM PST
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PLMerite
(The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: Lazamataz
“Looks too much like a pistol grip.”
Yes. Maybe shaping it like the male sex organ would put them more at ease. And open up opportunity for a lot of really bad jokes.
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01/26/2016 9:10:25 AM PST
by
PLMerite
(The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: Mr Ramsbotham
...heâll end up having to put in a trouble ticket with the IT shop. "'Allo! This is Shritkikavlashuskvarna. You may call me 'Bob'. 'Ow may I 'elp you today?"
To: archy
Here's a couple of others! 1:49 Classic!! A parachute that opens on impact.
We did a few LAPES from my beloved C-130. The results was sometimes "interesting" one time tragic. We lost a 130 and crew from Pope on a demo that can be seen on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgIqv6vKJks.
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01/26/2016 10:02:25 AM PST
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pfflier
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