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Obama to Kill Tomahawk, Hellfire Missile Programs

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Genx87 said:
Prowlers and Growlers systematically reduce the capability of radar missile networks. In other words kill them or make them turn off all together.
And as Eskimospy pointed out. We have 50% more Tomahawks than we have ever used in our stock pile. If we ever got into a real shooting war with Russia. We can fire up the production lines again.
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I don't disagree with your overall point but history has shown that it's very cost/time prohibitive to restart production lines.

Thus, building up a decent stockpile and having a replacement in sight (at least before projected depletement) is a reasonable strategy.
 
Show a production line that gets restarted?

This isn't 1940 anymore. Your skilled labour and specific knowledge will deteriorate and disperse.
 
zinfamous said:
How does a single Borg ship have the payload to destroy an entire planet?

And don't give me that "assimilation of Death Star computer system crap."
Those imperial access codes are all super secret. Only top Imperial Brass, many, many Bothan spies, and a dashing space smuggler and his pet bear have access to those!

:colbert:
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I think we should all know that Kyle Katarn was the one who retrieved the plans to the first Death Star.
 
crownjules said:
So let's start be diverting that $128M from the military to NASA. So many technological advances were made via the space program that trickled down to civilian life. That's where we'll really benefit, by progressing. Not spending money on the same old shit.
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NASA is now in business to make Muslims feel better about themselves. That space stuff, it doesn't make the world love us more. It just makes us look we're trying to flaunt some kind of misguided notions of exceptionalism. Besides, smart people that work for NASA just make those not as smart feel bad about themselves. Fairness and equality must guide the nation.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/07/nasas_muslim_outreach_106214.html

It's not really surprising that President Obama told NASA administrator Charles Bolden that his highest priority should be "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering." It fits with so much that we already knew about the president.
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boomerang said:
NASA is now in business to make Muslims feel better about themselves. That space stuff, it doesn't make the world love us more. It just makes us look we're trying to flaunt some kind of misguided notions of exceptionalism. Besides, smart people that work for NASA just make those not as smart feel bad about themselves. Fairness and equality must guide the nation. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/art...ch_106214.html
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nasa would never value islamization over crony capitalism
 
To be fair, a single B-Wing starfighter is more than a match for the Enterprise. One proton torpedo or a single blast from its heavy turbolaser would likely defeat any ship in the Star Trek universe.
 
Imagine the US was ruled by the TexasHiker dynasty for the last 200+ years. The US government would still be purchasing muskets and bi-planes annually, just to keep a few people employed.

Actually not bi-planes, since that sounds icky. Right Texas?


OP, you know what that is called when the .gov gives you money, solely because they feel sorry for you? Welfare.
 
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boomerang said:
NASA is now in business to make Muslims feel better about themselves. That space stuff, it doesn't make the world love us more. It just makes us look we're trying to flaunt some kind of misguided notions of exceptionalism. Besides, smart people that work for NASA just make those not as smart feel bad about themselves. Fairness and equality must guide the nation.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/07/07/nasas_muslim_outreach_106214.html
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NASA has two spacecraft beyond the solar system, one flying by Pluto very soon, one at the asteroid belt, one around Saturn, 2 on mars and 2 in orbit around mars, a space telescope, dozens of earth observation satellites, a satellite orbiting the moon, hundreds of ground based programs and many more deep space missions in the works and you get your self worked up by a 4 year old blog article alleging that Obama told NASA administrator Charles Bolden that his highest priority should be "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world. Fist its bullshit, second who cares.
 
norseamd said:
you can support 4 battleships for every aircraft carrier
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large, expensive gunboats have been practically useless in combat since Dreadnaught first rolled out of her slip.


edit: shore bombardment is about it
 
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ElFenix said:
large, expensive gunboats have been useless in combat since Dreadnaught first rolled out of her slip.
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they have plenty of uses

and they are not any more vulnerable than any other ship

and nothing can touch them for shore bombardment and for cheap also

they can also carry plenty of missiles as well as support some vtol craft and also have greater electronics and command and control support than an aircraft carrier has room for
 
so blowing up a few planets might have some benefits like mostly fear but those planets are worth far more unscathed and productive
 
norseamd said:
so blowing up a few planets might have some benefits like mostly fear but those planets are worth far more unscathed and productive
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that's merely meant as a direct comparison of capability. If the death star can take out Mon Calamari heavy cruiser, much less an entire planet, imagine what it would do to a piddly space cube.
 
norseamd said:
they have plenty of uses

and they are not any more vulnerable than any other ship

and nothing can touch them for shore bombardment and for cheap also

they can also carry plenty of missiles as well as support some vtol craft and also have greater electronics and command and control support than an aircraft carrier has room for
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The same discussion was had in a thread about the Zumwalt class a while back. Your side didn't win.
 
zinfamous said:
that's merely meant as a direct comparison of capability. If the death star can take out Mon Calamari heavy cruiser, much less an entire planet, imagine what it would do to a piddly space cube.
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a mon calamari cruiser is worth blowing up but a planet is not
 
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