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To: Bobby777
I hope they saw it coming...otherwise they wouldn't know what hit 'em.

Or maybe the missile can talk when it get's close?

in Arabic - [ABBRA KADABRA - YOU WILL NOW GO AWAY]
163 posted on 11/04/2002 5:55:51 PM PST by The Raven
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To: The Raven
AGM-114 Hellfire ...

Manufacturers Rockwell, Martin Marietta
Role helicopter-launched anti-tank missile

Length 5.3 feet
Diameter 7 inches
Wingspan 12.8 inches
Launch Weight 100.9 pounds

Powerplant Thiokol TX-657 solid-fuel rocket
Speed Mach 1.4
Range 8 kilometers

Guidance semi-active laser homing
Warhead 20 lb. impact-fused Firestone HEAT (High Explosive Anti-Tank) shaped-charge

Introduction 1983
Unit Cost $40,000

at Mach 1.4, call it 900mph, they wouldn't get much of a look ... or even hear it ... until it was too late ...

these specs must be for an early model ... there are several different types of Hellfire ...
167 posted on 11/04/2002 6:13:17 PM PST by Bobby777
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To: The Raven
Actually, this is being charged against an OSHA accident.

In the line of work these bastards are in, this is going to become a common occupational workplace occurrence.

Talk about your insurance rates going up.....
Semper Fi

172 posted on 11/04/2002 7:09:47 PM PST by river rat
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