An anti-personnel ICBM. What a concept!

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ER — 8/17/2012 1:19:34 AM (archived)

An anti-personnel ICBM. What a concept!

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Just what IS the X51As mission? - ER - 8/16/2012 1:11:13 PM
- From a nearer point, to catch Iranian missiles in the boost phase. - bowser - 8/17/2012 12:11:25 AM
  - I don't know if anti-missile defense is feasible with this concept. - ER - 8/17/2012 12:58:26 AM
  - PS - bowser - 8/17/2012 12:13:30 AM
- I suspect it's just a technology demonstrator, and test bed for materials.. - Ainz - 8/16/2012 11:50:35 PM
  - Excellent Wiki summary of what promises to be a whole new arms race. - ER - 8/17/2012 1:18:19 AM
    - Other tech..,. - FrankC - 8/17/2012 5:24:34 PM
    - "You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company" - Ainz - 8/17/2012 6:48:30 AM
- Based on it's multi-agency support... - FrankC - 8/16/2012 9:42:55 PM
  - You and alcaray make perfectly valid points. - ER - 8/16/2012 10:31:29 PM
    - Actually, I like to see the research continue for possible space-related applications. - alcaray - 8/17/2012 12:37:40 AM
- re: "I can’t see the advantage of greatly increasing the speed of the delivery system..." - alcaray - 8/16/2012 7:05:13 PM
  - You have a point. - ER - 8/16/2012 7:34:41 PM
    - You spend money to make improvements. - alcaray - 8/16/2012 8:00:46 PM
      - Things have changed. - ER - 8/16/2012 8:30:43 PM
        
        PS - - ER - 8/16/2012 9:39:18 PM
        
        I was thinking more of a delivery system for... - alcaray - 8/17/2012 12:31:49 AM
        
        An anti-personnel ICBM. What a concept! - ER - 8/17/2012 1:19:34 AM
        
        It's all a distraction. - TB - 8/17/2012 4:34:43 AM

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