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re: That's not what concerns me.

Larry J — 4/1/2004 2:40:42 PM (archived)

The report I read mentioned the missing missiles were old, decommissioned SA-2 SAMs. I'm not certain, but I think SA-2s were used to shoot down Francis Gary Power's U-2 in 1960. These were big missiles (10.6 meters long and 2300 KG) that required a fair amount of surface infrastructure, not shoulder launched MANPADs, so the chances slim that they could be used by terrorists against airliners. I'd still like to know where they are, but I'd be a lot more worried had they been MANPADs or ballistic missiles.

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Ottawa affirms commitment to missile defence talks, Nunavut high on list of possible missile, radar sites - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 11:08:36 AM
- - I can see that (as you mentioned) you are indeed on holidays .. - Daniel - 4/1/2004 1:38:08 PM
  - re: Something about BMD is reminiscent of Hydrogen Fuel Cells (a shiny thing) - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 2:11:45 PM
- re: Canada's Policy on Ballistic Missile Defence - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 11:19:29 AM
  - re: That the Senate of Canada recommend that the Government of Canada refuse to participate in the U.S.- sponsored Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system, because: - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 11:52:02 AM
    - re: Church leaders encourage alternatives to Ballistic Missile Defence System - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 12:04:08 PM
      - I was going to comment on this at some point in the thread... - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2004 4:56:56 PM
        
        re: We already know (n/t) - Success_Machine - 4/2/2004 1:27:22 AM
        
        re: Surprising attitude, given the WMD screwup in Iraq. - Success_Machine - 4/2/2004 2:20:58 AM
        
        Defending North America - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2004 5:19:45 AM
        
        re: Fear of the Boogeyman Pre-Dated 9-11, so did Canadian & US Cooperation - Success_Machine - 4/2/2004 7:38:17 AM
        
        re: Canadian & US Cooperation - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2004 7:01:52 PM
        
        re: Sure, we manned the radar lines for 40 years. - Success_Machine - 4/3/2004 2:42:09 PM
      - re: Northrop Grumman team to develop boost-phase ABM system - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 12:14:22 PM
        
        re:BMD, NORAD, and Canada-US security - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 12:50:59 PM
        
        re: NORAD: D.C. airways still vulnerable - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 12:54:33 PM
        
        re: NORAD could evolve into N.A. NATO: U.S. military leader - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 1:01:06 PM
        
        re: Canadian Norad staff worry they'll lose jobs - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 1:05:53 PM
        
        That's not what concerns me. - Jacob Samorodin - 4/1/2004 2:12:52 PM
        
        re: What concerns me is hype - Success_Machine - 4/1/2004 2:56:38 PM
        
        re: That's not what concerns me. - Larry J - 4/1/2004 2:40:42 PM
        
        a delivery system... - jms - 4/2/2004 1:44:49 AM
        
        Not really - Larry J - 4/2/2004 4:29:26 PM
        
        re: Zealots for Space Weaponization - Success_Machine - 4/2/2004 3:01:05 AM
        
        Pick whose weapons you want in orbit: ours, or China's. - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2004 5:22:14 AM
        
        re: Are we going to have this paranoid discussion every time a country puts a man in space? - Success_Machine - 4/2/2004 8:04:58 AM
        
        China's strategy - Daniel - 4/3/2004 5:09:13 AM
        
        ps "the politics of that source do not necessarily reflect those of this poster" - Daniel - 4/3/2004 5:16:07 AM
        
        re: That is a description of China's countermeasures to American weapons in space - Success_Machine - 4/3/2004 2:52:47 PM

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