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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 8:21 am
Blimps that detect cruise missiles? Boring! Where are the blimps that FIRE cruise missiles???
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 8:23 am
I thought that 'bare arms' referred to muskets, and perhaps didn't forsee fucking sniper rifles and rocket launchers.
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 8:38 am
(This post was last modified: December 19, 2014 at 8:38 am by The Grand Nudger.)
It did, it referred to the most lethal firearms we were likely to possess at the time. A horrible weapon for a world at war - armies lining up mechanically and blasting the shit out of each other. Sucked.
Personally wouldn't like to be shot with a musket - but more especially I'd rather not be stabbed with an early sock bayonet.
(I also doubt that modern weapons were foreseen)
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 11:27 am
Al-Qaeda may not have the capability to build their own cruise missiles, but I'm wondering if perhaps the Pentagon has misplaced some of theirs and fears the bad guys found them.
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 11:31 am
Reminds me of Eisenhower's speech when he left office. True words indeed, but obviously nobody listened.
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 11:32 am
(December 19, 2014 at 8:23 am)robvalue Wrote: I thought that 'bare arms' referred to muskets, and perhaps didn't forsee fucking sniper rifles and rocket launchers.
Those are "clothes arms"
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 11:54 am
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(December 19, 2014 at 8:23 am)robvalue Wrote: I thought that 'bare arms' referred to muskets, and perhaps didn't forsee fucking sniper rifles and rocket launchers.
... and freedom of the press applied to hand-pressed news-sheets, so computerized publications, or radio and television news, ought not be protected. No thanks.
Also, putting the sensors in a balloon is more affordable than a satellite, and given the fact that Russia has eight or so submarines with the capability to fire nuclear or conventional cruise missiles, added to our poor relations with them -- this is a case of the military tendency to plan for every contingency. Have money, will build.
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Hearing about a defense contractor putting blimps in the air to get a better view really triggers my paranoia.
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 12:17 pm
(December 19, 2014 at 8:38 am)Rhythm Wrote: It did, it referred to the most lethal firearms we were likely to possess at the time. A horrible weapon for a world at war - armies lining up mechanically and blasting the shit out of each other. Sucked.
Personally wouldn't like to be shot with a musket - but more especially I'd rather not be stabbed with an early sock bayonet.
(I also doubt that modern weapons were foreseen)
Actually it referred to a well-regulated militia which did not mean every fucking asshole with a gun.
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RE: So...We're Expecting Al-Qaeda to Build Cruise Missiles?
December 19, 2014 at 1:43 pm
(December 19, 2014 at 12:04 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Hearing about a defense contractor putting blimps in the air to get a better view really triggers my paranoia. Thank you! Blimp...Drone what is the difference? Holy Shit are we really buying that they want to monitor the skies for incoming cruise missiles that have not been a threat since the late 80's.
I was in the Navy, so I know for a fact that a good crew on a modern destroyer could not only defend the skies but could launch one right back if needed.
A Blimp? Really?
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