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Posted: 8/22/2017 5:48:38 PM EDT
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But will it be stealthy and multi-role?
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Posted: 8/22/2017 5:50:19 PM EDT
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it'll be 300% over budget
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Posted: 8/22/2017 5:50:45 PM EDT
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Winning!
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Posted: 8/22/2017 5:53:10 PM EDT
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To quote a thread not so long ago, what do I know, I was just a keyturner.  I don't know what limaxray means, except LX in the phonetic alphabet. |
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Posted: 8/22/2017 6:03:59 PM EDT
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how many extra missiles do they build for extras/testing over time? or do they keep ordering them on a yearly basis?
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Posted: 8/22/2017 9:31:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryCome out here Bubba, I'm sure we could convince you!!!
On another note, a bunch of happy people in Hsv this week, including but not limited to my daughter, her dad, her boy friend and a bunch of my wife's and I friends over this win! The Boeing PM is a personal friend and he's ecstatic, both personally and professionally. Outstanding win by Boeing and NG, both excellent companies! |
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Posted: 8/22/2017 10:07:50 PM EDT
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how many extra missiles do they build for extras/testing over time? or do they keep ordering them on a yearly basis? We're currently launching 3-4 a year in testing. It'll be more if we have to flight-test a new RV or two. So depends on what the operational lifespan of the system's expected to be, plus spares. |
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Posted: 8/22/2017 10:21:10 PM EDT
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What's an ICBBM? |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 12:49:07 AM EDT
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The LA Times says it's about $18 mil a shot to test an ICBM.
http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-na-nuclear-missile-test-20170612-story.html The tests, which cost $18 million each, not only give the Air Force crucial data on the function of its aging missiles, but send a clear international signal, complete with high-definition photography, of America’s continued ability to launch a nuclear strike. The missile selected for testing had been chosen randomly in an improbable but apparently long-standing Air Force tradition: A map of missile sites was put on a wall and an officer was selected to throw a dart at it. The dart hit Foxtrot 2’s location, about 22 miles northeast of tiny Augusta, Mont., sometimes called the “last original cow town in the West.” |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 12:56:21 AM EDT
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It's an integrated computer network, and I will not have it aboard this ship.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:03:24 AM EDT
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Good. Long overdue. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:05:06 AM EDT
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If only we had already developed a new land-based ICBM after MM. We could even have call it something catchy like "MX" or "Peacekeeper". So many lost opportunities when we don't think ahead....  |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:15:06 AM EDT
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Please be mobile and actually survivable like the Russian ICBMs.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:17:57 AM EDT
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Please be mobile and actually survivable like the Russian ICBMs. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:29:32 AM EDT
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1. Should have never offed the MX system. It was a 10 warhead MIRV and would have lasted us for probably 30 more years.
2. The Trident D5 is a 12 warhead MIRV, but because of treaty we limit it to 8 warheads. It's time we gave up on that BS (I think max 475 kt each which is more powerful than any SLBM the Russians have, including their latest.) The Russians have never been honest about their capabilities. Like our stupid No-ABM policy. Totally retarded. The Russians were balls deep in ABM systems since day one, and here we are acting like fucking stupid Capt. Picard and finking on Starfleet to the Romulans because some smart Starfleet engineers inventing an even better cloaking device for Starfleet. Actually, the Starfleet episode was based on our relations with the Russians WRT ABM treaties. The Russians punked us for decades. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:34:15 AM EDT
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Please be mobile and actually survivable like the Russian ICBMs. It doesn't make any difference if you're walking the high road or the low road when that can of sunshine is opened. 
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:35:48 AM EDT
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We need a new warhead development program and a resumption of nuclear testing as much or more than a replacement ICBM.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:38:28 AM EDT
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We need a new warhead development program and a resumption of nuclear testing as much or more than a replacement ICBM. 
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:39:05 AM EDT
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Launch on warning. We have the only realistic second strike capability in the world. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Please be mobile and actually survivable like the Russian ICBMs. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:41:04 AM EDT
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We need a new warhead development program and a resumption of nuclear testing as much or more than a replacement ICBM. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:41:32 AM EDT
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If you mean the SLBMs, the Russians knew our codes as well as the location of every boomer we had in the 70's (at least in the Pacific), thanks to John Anthony Walker and his son. I saw a documentary that stated had we gone to war with the USSR in the 70's, our Pacific fleet would have been utterly destroyed. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:48:01 AM EDT
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Good news.
I just hope Canada remains *cough* neutral and maintains the status quo of not 'owning' nuclear weapons of any sort. Our American brothers and sisters who take very cautious care and are quite respectful of our hospitality are more than welcome to stay and keep things on the status quo. Carry on. 
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Posted: 8/23/2017 3:08:36 AM EDT
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I just checked my calendar and it says 2017. The Russian fleet is rusting next to a pier somewhere. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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If you mean the SLBMs, the Russians knew our codes as well as the location of every boomer we had in the 70's (at least in the Pacific), thanks to John Anthony Walker and his son. I saw a documentary that stated had we gone to war with the USSR in the 70's, our Pacific fleet would have been utterly destroyed. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 8:45:07 AM EDT
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There's a Russian fleet? 
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Posted: 8/23/2017 9:29:17 AM EDT
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Good news. I just hope Canada remains *cough* neutral and maintains the status quo of not 'owning' nuclear weapons of any sort. Our American brothers and sisters who take very cautious care and are quite respectful of our hospitality are more than welcome to stay and keep things on the status quo. Carry on. 
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Posted: 8/23/2017 12:34:55 PM EDT
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Please be mobile and actually survivable like the Russian ICBMs. The Russian systems are mobile because they don't have the kind of blue-water access we have..but they do have lots of acreage. That makes it a good pick, for them. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 1:11:49 PM EDT
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Mobile systems create some nightmarish security and OPSEC considerations that make them not worth it. The Russian systems are mobile because they don't have the kind of blue-water access we have..but they do have lots of acreage. That makes it a good pick, for them. |
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Posted: 8/23/2017 5:51:01 PM EDT
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There's a reason why they wanted to put Peacekeeper on trains, but had to develop a completely different missile to be road-mobile.
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