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3/25/2007 6:45:28 PM
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Naval warfare bulletin
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ER
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3/23/2007 5:54:52 PM
There are at least two major weak spots in the missile design.
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TB
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3/24/2007 3:29:59 AM
3rd weakness
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SDF
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3/24/2007 6:28:59 PM
What about reactive armor?
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Lee
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3/24/2007 6:39:11 PM
Maybe
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SDF
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3/24/2007 6:57:15 PM
No...
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ARRELL
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3/24/2007 8:09:49 PM
It all depends on how much momentum change is required to detonate the missile.
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SDF
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3/24/2007 9:04:26 PM
You missed my point by a mile.
(n/t)
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R.L.
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3/24/2007 9:12:36 PM
Yeah. I guess I did. Still can't figure it out either. What IS your point?
(n/t)
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SDF
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3/24/2007 9:48:28 PM
My point, and why Lasers may not be such a bad option
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ARRELL
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3/24/2007 10:28:21 PM
re: Lasers
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TB
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3/24/2007 11:33:07 PM
Oh, it would not be anything like the ABL system....
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 12:20:58 AM
re: ABL system....
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TB
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3/25/2007 1:43:13 AM
Take a good look at some pictures of CVN-76 Ronald Reagan
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Lee
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3/25/2007 2:44:04 AM
Ah, I did not say that
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 10:06:50 AM
I know
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Lee
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3/25/2007 6:16:46 PM
Look for domes at altitude
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 6:45:28 PM
The THEL is very nearly operational.
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Lee
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3/25/2007 12:53:40 AM
It may not be thel, but I saw demos...
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 1:11:41 AM
The advances are coming fast.
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Lee
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3/25/2007 2:41:00 AM
re: The advances are coming fast.
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 10:19:41 AM
Without going into anything you're working on that may be classified...
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TB
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3/25/2007 4:54:12 PM
BTW
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 6:36:42 PM
Excellent questions
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 6:24:16 PM
Ah an example...
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 12:30:33 AM
So they are thinking of this application already
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 12:32:17 AM
By the way, the CHINESE are also doing the same tech now...
(n/t)
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R.L.
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3/25/2007 12:34:41 AM
Ultrasonic or microwave emitters might work.
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Lee
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3/24/2007 7:08:57 PM
Sure.
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SDF
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3/24/2007 7:22:04 PM
re: There are at least two major weak spots in the missile design.
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ER
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3/24/2007 12:29:14 PM
Kind of hard to get anything past a phalanx.
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Lee
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3/24/2007 4:39:42 AM
Not really
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ER
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3/24/2007 11:59:12 AM
ER's right. By the time the Sizzler is in Phalanx range, it's probably too late.
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TB
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3/24/2007 4:44:26 PM
Aside from lasers
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Yeti
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3/24/2007 6:43:15 PM
Good idea.
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TB
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3/24/2007 11:34:42 PM
I guess to be consistent with the nascent terminology for a large network of small widgets, it would be called: 'Brilliant Flak'
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Yeti
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3/25/2007 4:26:39 AM
Incidentally...
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TB
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3/25/2007 5:01:33 PM
Actually, "Brilliant Flak" is pretty much what this board generates. ;)
(n/t)
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TB
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3/25/2007 4:55:16 PM
re: Aside from lasers
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ER
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3/24/2007 7:32:10 PM
re: Aside from lasers
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Yeti
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3/24/2007 10:43:01 PM
re: Aside from lasers
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ER
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3/25/2007 1:36:32 AM
Boost phase
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TB
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3/24/2007 11:37:00 PM
X-35
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Yeti
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3/25/2007 4:40:48 AM
Don't forget electromagnetic weapons.
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TB
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3/25/2007 4:58:54 PM
re: Don't forget electromagnetic weapons.
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Yeti
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3/26/2007 12:13:08 AM
That's it!
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Lee
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3/24/2007 6:56:01 PM
Does make me wonder...
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Lee
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3/24/2007 6:30:21 PM
re: Naval warfare bulletin
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Bowser
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3/23/2007 8:11:29 PM
re: Naval warfare bulletin
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ER
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3/23/2007 10:53:27 PM
Aircraft carriers as targets. "Sizzler" as a missile.
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Bowser
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3/24/2007 12:29:34 AM
re: Aircraft carriers as targets. "Sizzler" as a missile.
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ER
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3/24/2007 1:30:55 AM
We need a World Peace Accord
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Stop the Madness
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3/23/2007 6:18:22 PM
No more "wars of aggression" but giving China the green light.
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Lee
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3/24/2007 12:04:22 AM
Monkey SEE
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Monkey DO
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3/24/2007 3:56:37 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.