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Pentagon skips tests on key component of U.S.-based missile defense system
Los Angeles Times ^
| 3/17/16
| David Willman
Posted on 03/17/2016 9:17:25 PM PDT by Nachum
Against the advice of its own panel of outside experts, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is forgoing tests meant to ensure that a critical component of the nations homeland missile defense system will work as intended. The tests that are being skipped would evaluate the reliability of small motors designed to help keep rocket interceptors on course as they fly toward incoming warheads. (Snip) But in order to stay on schedule for a planned expansion of the GMD system, none of the 40 thrusters that are being installed on 10 new interceptors will undergo hot-fire testing, government officials told the Los
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defense; gmd; missile; missiledefense; missiledefensesystem; missiledefensetest; missiletests; pentagon
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:17:25 PM PDT
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Nachum
To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:18:08 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
To: Nachum
...the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is forgoing tests meant to ensure that a critical component of the nations homeland missile defense system will work as intended. I wonder if our Mullah Obama had anything to do with this.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:27:37 PM PDT
by
Mr Apple
( DANAMCO SQUIRMING -Large Eyeballs www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3408614/posts?q=1&;page=)
To: Nachum
From the article:
But in order to stay on schedule for a planned expansion of the GMD system, none of the 40 thrusters that are being installed on 10 new interceptors will undergo hot-fire testing, government officials told the Los Angeles Times.Stay on schedule...Like the Challenger?
No quality control, and haste makes waste.
If these don't work, the implications could be far, far greater than losing an orbiter and crew.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:28:41 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Nachum
No hot tests of the thrusters? WTH?? Schedule is more important than verifying they work? Somehow getting a Dem elected has to figure into this idiotic decision.
To: Mr Apple
I wonder if our Mullah Obama had anything to do with this. Bingo.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:33:28 PM PDT
by
Nachum
(Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
To: Nachum
This reeks of incompetent leadership.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:35:09 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Mr Apple
To: rockinqsranch; MarvinStinson
It reeks of ...the mullah.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:37:43 PM PDT
by
Mr Apple
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To: 1st Division guy
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:38:27 PM PDT
by
Mr Apple
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To: Smokin' Joe
Or like the WWII Mark 14 torpedo. There were never any live fore tests of a production model. When war hit, they sucked for nearly 2 years.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:40:45 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,)
To: DesertRhino
I have little doubt that not only was opportunity lost to sink enemy ships, but that as a result of failed attacks we lost boats and crews as well.
Now, the stakes are even higher. Our economy (an EMP attack), or whole cities may be forfeit as the price of failure of the systems to perform.
And, unlike the guarantee on the parachute, you won't get double your money back if it doesn't work.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:52:18 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Nachum
Well, that might be a viable option if. ... These thruster motors are unchanged from the previous design and in all the testing of these thrusters they have worked as designed. Then I might, might consider skipping the tests, but probably wouldn’t.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:52:19 PM PDT
by
ThunderSleeps
(Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
To: Nachum
This must be by Obama's explicit orders, or one of his homosexual generals.
Nobody else hates our country that much.
The only remaining question is...Iran or North Korea?
...or China?
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:55:04 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Nachum
Well, if the incoming nuke takes out L.A. or Chicago or Philly, ...
maybe there will be accountability against whichever Dem ordered this.
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posted on
03/17/2016 9:56:06 PM PDT
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Nachum
Pentagon skipped it, or they were ordered to skip it?
Rather crucial bit of information missing in this L.A.Times article.
That it is in the LAT raises my hackles, as it would be hard to find a more anti-military paper to publish things in.
To: Nachum
To: Smokin' Joe
“I have little doubt that not only was opportunity lost to sink enemy ships, but that as a result of failed attacks we lost boats and crews as well. “
Fully agree.
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posted on
03/17/2016 10:53:59 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,)
To: Mr Apple
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posted on
03/17/2016 11:28:38 PM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: Nachum
Whatever happened to “Test like you fly?” What has happened to the MDA? Some had a saying in business...”cost, schedule, quality, pick two.” I never thought I’d see that in this arena.
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posted on
03/18/2016 12:07:11 AM PDT
by
SueRae
(An election like no other..)
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