tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post7751268716741082940..comments2024-03-28T23:33:45.139-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : Missile Defense Agency Sabotages Strategic Defense System?Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-51702469231134116272015-06-01T06:19:57.078-04:002015-06-01T06:19:57.078-04:00And it's important to note: these defects (or ...And it's important to note: these defects (or at least the one mentioned) are simple physical defects of construction that threaten the system's very operation irrespective of whether the design is capable of launch, seeking out a target and destroying it. It is as if you built a race car, and going into competition, you *know* there's a 50% chance of a wheel falling of because a key suspension component was built with mild steel instead of the specified alloy.<br /><br />If the very construction of the system is botched, what are the chances that the design is a turkey as well? All hail and bow before the military-industrial complex. The beast must be fed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-12470964082188058182015-06-01T01:51:23.788-04:002015-06-01T01:51:23.788-04:00 What Jill said.
-Doug in Oakland What Jill said.<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-33740751701206020452015-05-31T21:10:50.134-04:002015-05-31T21:10:50.134-04:00It might have been less damaging to our national i...It might have been less damaging to our national interest had Rumsfeld been an enemy agent as he would surely have f'd that up in his usual style. <br /><br />JillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-89809315705219247842015-05-31T20:59:54.381-04:002015-05-31T20:59:54.381-04:00So we're at the 50-50 90% rule here... sighSo we're at the 50-50 90% rule here... sighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-58798810437274320992015-05-31T16:25:27.068-04:002015-05-31T16:25:27.068-04:00To be fair, area air defence usually fires at leas...To be fair, area air defence usually fires at least two missiles at any target it engages.<br />An increase in the rate of technical failure by a few per cent points doesn't make much of a difference then.<br /><br />Besides, BMD wouldn't work anyway.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.com