A train accident/suicide in Glendale, CA had more death than any
"terrorist incident" since 9-11-01.
Infinitely more than rocketry.
Jerry
- posted 17 years ago
airliner missile defense: grounded due to costs
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- posted 17 years ago
Our congressmen! They fly on commercial airlines and they believe
they are not expendable. Of course the taxpayers really pay their
way.
Alan
Alan
- posted 17 years ago
Yep. Any terrorist group with even the slightest amount of imagination
could do the same thing. I'd bet money that right now some Al Qaeda
scumbag is giving considering the possibilities. Maybe do 50 or 100 of
them simultaneously all over the country for maximum disruption and
publicity.
l
l
- posted 17 years ago
It was impressive with one SUV taking out two trains. Sort or like
killing two birds with one stone, with a stone that should not have
been able to kill even one bird. They may have to rethink rail safety
and security.
Alan
Alan
- posted 17 years ago
There's a reason "like a train wreck" occupies the
position it does in our metaphorical vernacular...
-dave w
-dave w
- posted 17 years ago
David Weinshenker wrote in
news: snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net:
I believe most of the anti-MANPADS defenses are ones that do not launch anything at the incoming missile,but attempt to blind or spoof them,using lasers or Xenon arc lamps. Northrop-Grumman has such a system.
The flare types of defenses are not being considered because they can start fires on the ground,and newer MANPADS ignore them.
I believe most of the anti-MANPADS defenses are ones that do not launch anything at the incoming missile,but attempt to blind or spoof them,using lasers or Xenon arc lamps. Northrop-Grumman has such a system.
The flare types of defenses are not being considered because they can start fires on the ground,and newer MANPADS ignore them.
- posted 17 years ago
It was in "push" mode. Very bad to have passengers in the front car of
a train in "push" mode.
-Fred Shecter
-Fred Shecter
- posted 17 years ago
Ah, that does sound rather less dangerous (and more likely to be compatible
with the maintenance environment) than the flares and chaff-bombs I think I
was imagining.
-dave w
-dave w
- posted 17 years ago
I worked on a laser-based system over twenty years ago for Loral. There
was a great photo of the system in use where a missile was spoofed
completely around a chopper and kept on going. The thing I find
surprising is that twenty-plus years later it hasn't been 'improved'
enough to be commercially cost-effective.
David Erbas-White
David Erbas-White
- posted 17 years ago
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- posted 17 years ago
Next we'll have Al Qaeda suicide drivers buying up SUVs...
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- posted 17 years ago
Don't you watch "24" on TV?
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- posted 17 years ago
Or just stealing them, thus allowing the drivers to abandon them on the
tracks without a traceable link to the driver. No need for suicide.
=9C
=9C
- posted 17 years ago
They just referred to that as the "coffin car" on the news.
- posted 17 years ago
David Erbas-White wrote in
news:RzvKd.1207$Jt.973@fed1read02:
Define "commercially cost-effective".
One commercial jet crash due to a MANPADS and the economy is going to tank big time.
Define "commercially cost-effective".
One commercial jet crash due to a MANPADS and the economy is going to tank big time.
- posted 17 years ago
Just a little side-observation...
Sometimes, it's not difficult to see the link that the BATFE draws between us and terrorists. I mean - any agent monitoring this particular discussion will see us talking about giving the monsters ideas, and very quickly come to that conclusion. :-)
Sometimes, it's not difficult to see the link that the BATFE draws between us and terrorists. I mean - any agent monitoring this particular discussion will see us talking about giving the monsters ideas, and very quickly come to that conclusion. :-)
- posted 17 years ago
Hmmm... so our "duty on the home front in the war on terrorism" is not
to anticipate potential vulnerabilities (in hopes that identifying them
might enable them to be secured), but to sit in quiet fear and "try not
to give them any ideas"?
-dave w
-dave w
- posted 17 years ago
David Weinshenker wrote in
news: snipped-for-privacy@earthlink.net:
Also,BATFE can see what is proposed,maybe catch something they missed,and begin their own studies and counter plans. I suspect those with the greatest resources(US) has the edge and the lead.
Also,BATFE can see what is proposed,maybe catch something they missed,and begin their own studies and counter plans. I suspect those with the greatest resources(US) has the edge and the lead.
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