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randome

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1. And what enemies are we protecting ourselves against?

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Wed Aug 15, 2012, 05:52 PM

Aug 2012

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Pentagon's $140M USD Hypersonic Missile Crashes and Burns [View all] IDemo Aug 2012 OP

And what enemies are we protecting ourselves against? randome Aug 2012 #1

We're not. This is a first strike weapon. Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #3

We already paid for those. Thor_MN Aug 2012 #16

Damned good point. Shaking my head and nodding at the same time on this end. nt Poll_Blind Aug 2012 #18

Ouch... That hurts my neck to think about. Thor_MN Aug 2012 #20

+1 xchrom Aug 2012 #12

Nothing a few hundred million dollars more won't fix Hugabear Aug 2012 #2

Indeed, sometimes I think these things are meant to never work properly arcane1 Aug 2012 #6

Particularly when they've already used them to impress the Chinese and Russians. Like this one: leveymg Aug 2012 #8

I don't know how impressed the Russians would be PD Turk Aug 2012 #21

Must've been the world's slowest, lowest rise to orbit. Launched on 06/30/10. leveymg Aug 2012 #22

Here PD Turk Aug 2012 #23

See above leveymg Aug 2012 #24

don't know when the video was shot PD Turk Aug 2012 #25

Every source says July 7, and time of day (dusk) at that time of year is @ 8:05 pm, Hangzhou time. leveymg Aug 2012 #26

still no proof of when or where that particular video was shot PD Turk Aug 2012 #27

True. But, that video appeared on YouTube within 24 hours. leveymg Aug 2012 #30

I've watched a lot of launches PD Turk Aug 2012 #31

No recorded space launches anywhere in the world during period 6/30/10 - 7/10/10 leveymg Aug 2012 #33

Of course, another possibility is that it was a Chinese suborbital launch vehicle. leveymg Aug 2012 #35

And, that's what it was over Hangzhou: Chinese military DF-31 or DF-21D maneuverable vehicle launch leveymg Aug 2012 #36

Wow! A UFO that comes with its' own soundtrack. postulater Aug 2012 #29

anyone who puts a nuke on a missile is unsurpassably irresponsible tiny elvis Aug 2012 #4

140 million that could have been spent on education. sarcasmo Aug 2012 #5

140 million that could have been spent on medical care onethatcares Aug 2012 #14

Maybe if they spend 140 million on education... Ash_F Aug 2012 #34

They've only got one more left, so that's probably it for that program. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #7

See, they shoulda launched it from an Osprey. Lasher Aug 2012 #9

Drat! bluedigger Aug 2012 #10

But Obama set up a little brewery with his own money. Incitatus Aug 2012 #11

this makes me sick lovuian Aug 2012 #13

We've spent $140 million? Peanuts compared to the $7 billion each for three Zumwalt class Citizen Worker Aug 2012 #15

A million here, a billion there, IDemo Aug 2012 #19

Don't get me started! Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2012 #17

This research has value besides weapons Tommy_J Aug 2012 #28

Funny how Project Aurora was faster and never crashed Ter Aug 2012 #32