Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1519-996630564-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:50:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 14184 invoked by uid 510); 1 Aug 2001 00:51:50 -0000 Received: from n34.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.84) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 1 Aug 2001 00:51:50 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1519-996630564-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.56] by mk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 01 Aug 2001 01:49:26 -0000 X-Sender: fastflyer28@yahoo.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 1 Aug 2001 01:49:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 83691 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2001 01:48:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 1 Aug 2001 01:48:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO web14507.mail.yahoo.com) (216.136.224.70) by mta1 with SMTP; 1 Aug 2001 01:48:51 -0000 Message-ID: <20010801014851.36543.qmail@web14507.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [12.78.121.140] by web14507.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:48:51 PDT To: iwar@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <FMEBKCCNDNLCDGCDNJAOKEIOCAAA.jsforza@isrisk.net> From: "e.r." <fastflyer28@yahoo.com> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [iwar] How good is missile defense system? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit If you can believe this, SecDef Rumsfeld wants to deploy Missle defense platforms on land air and sea without actually testing them! Not cad-cam, or computer modeling. He just wants the platforms with something on them out their. Can you say piss off Russia and break ABM in 10,000 pieces. Granted, it is a treaty between one country that no long exists and the US, but Bushes Cold Warriors continue to look for a cold war, or create one if not. The present OSD crew is without shame --- John Sforza <jsforza@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > I like techy toys as much as the next guy but haven't we played this > tune > enough? If I want to deliver any payload in a cost effective manner I > like a > small unmanned remotely piloted vehicle - Cheap, inconspicuous and I > might > be able to blame somebody else. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Cohen [mailto:fc@all.net] > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 08:23 > To: Information Warfare Mailing List > Subject: [iwar] How good is missile defense system? > > > Defense Week > July 30, 2001 > In Anti-Missile Test, Target Signaled Its Location > By John M. Donnelly > In this month's high-profile anti-ICBM test, a prototype interceptor > was > able to find a target warhead partly because the target signaled its > location to the interceptor for much of the flight, and the > transmissions > formed the basis of the targeting orders, according to officials and > documents. > The presence of the beacon, or "C-band transponder," on the target > warhead > didn't guarantee that the interceptor would find and kill the target > in the > July 14 test of President Bush's proposed missile shield. But the > target-location data gave the interceptor rocket a precise point in > space at > which to aim and made its job much easier than would be the case if > it had > relied on a ground radar's natural receptors, a Pentagon official > confirmed. > What's more, a decoy that flew in the exercise to test the > interceptor's > ability to distinguish a fake warhead from a real one had no such > beacon on > it. > ... > > > ------------------ > http://all.net/ > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Small business owners... Tell us what you think! http://us.click.yahoo.com/vO1FAB/txzCAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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