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Post #3,522

8/1/01 7:03:57 PM

Only one question

Was the defensive missile homing in on the GPS, or was the GPS just there for the Runners of the Test to accurately track the incoming missile?

In other words, if the defence missile didn't use the signal, then all your feathers are fluffed up for nothing.

French Zombies are zapping me with lasers!

Post #3,552

by Fearless Freep

8/1/01 9:57:56 PM

Also..

...it depends on what the test was about. If they were testing target acquisition *and* the missle could home in on the GPS, then the test was mybe bogus

Even then, maybe not. How many people here write software and test it only in production for the first time? Not many, I hope Sometimes you test with mocked up data simply to test other processes than data collection. Think about how many tests and regression tests you run on your software before fielding it...now think about that development process applied to a problem this difficult?

Think about it, hitting a target that far away moving that fast with a bullet also moving that fast is no easy feat in itself, even if you do no where it is. It's completely understandable to test your ability to hit the target knowing it's GPS coordinates before testing your ability to aquire the target independently.

For that matter, knowing GPS coordinates probably only gets you in the right part of town, are GPS coordinates accurate to within inches for targets moving several hundred miles an hour?

Jay O'Connor

"Going places unmapped
to do things unplanned
to people unsuspecting"

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sumbitch outa be arrested for spying :) -NT - (boxley) - July 26, 2001, 10:32:41 AM EDT

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I'm looking for a reference - (drewk) - (2) - July 27, 2001, 09:38:34 AM EDT

Here's a good quote from the report - (drewk) - (1) - July 27, 2001, 09:48:55 AM EDT

There's More - (Steve Lowe) - July 27, 2001, 11:16:41 AM EDT

I dunno - (SpiceWare) - (12) - July 26, 2001, 11:13:46 AM EDT

I could understand it if... - (inthane-chan) - (3) - July 26, 2001, 11:38:13 AM EDT

Not quite - (Fearless Freep) - (2) - July 26, 2001, 11:47:16 AM EDT

In other words... - (jb4) - (1) - July 30, 2001, 09:32:50 AM EDT

Of course - (Fearless Freep) - July 30, 2001, 11:25:07 AM EDT

Exactly why... - (Fearless Freep) - July 26, 2001, 11:44:06 AM EDT

NMD == waste of money. - (pwhysall) - (6) - July 27, 2001, 02:39:21 AM EDT

That and history has shown that defensive arms races - (Simon_Jester) - July 27, 2001, 08:36:08 AM EDT

What would you have said in the 30s? 50s? - (addison) - (4) - July 27, 2001, 10:58:00 AM EDT

Question... - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - July 30, 2001, 03:26:54 PM EDT

Re: Question... - (addison) - (2) - July 30, 2001, 03:57:04 PM EDT

The same Patriot missile system used in Desert Storm? - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - July 30, 2001, 07:01:55 PM EDT

The very same. - (addison) - July 30, 2001, 07:23:35 PM EDT

Interesting points - (Fearless Freep) - July 26, 2001, 11:52:14 AM EDT

Is that bad? - (addison) - July 27, 2001, 11:15:17 AM EDT

Re: Shrub is singlehandedly undoing years of foriegn policy - (bepatient) - (43) - July 28, 2001, 11:31:16 AM EDT

OK.. but if the cold war is over: - (Ashton) - (42) - July 29, 2001, 05:01:07 PM EDT

Re: OK.. but if the cold war is over: - (addison) - (20) - July 29, 2001, 05:09:08 PM EDT

Priorities. - (Ashton) - (19) - July 29, 2001, 05:31:13 PM EDT

Support Faith Based Missle Defense Systems. -NT - (mmoffitt) - (18) - July 30, 2001, 01:35:05 PM EDT

Believe that's called, 'karma'___________________:-\ufffd -NT - (Ashton) - July 30, 2001, 07:10:25 PM EDT

That's what we have now. - (addison) - (16) - July 30, 2001, 07:24:33 PM EDT

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Thanks, Mike - wouldn't have found that one. LRPD below: - (Ashton) - (1) - Aug. 1, 2001, 06:29:31 PM EDT

Eerier and eerier. LRPD speaks again: - (Ashton) - Aug. 1, 2001, 06:35:05 PM EDT

Only one question - (wharris2) - (1) - Aug. 1, 2001, 07:03:57 PM EDT

Also.. - (Fearless Freep) - Aug. 1, 2001, 09:57:56 PM EDT

Pretty hard. - (addison) - (10) - Aug. 1, 2001, 09:05:18 PM EDT

I more interesting in why this was mentioned after the test. - (Simon_Jester) - (9) - Aug. 2, 2001, 12:07:27 AM EDT

Re: I more interesting in why this was mentioned after the t - (addison) - (8) - Aug. 2, 2001, 12:13:18 AM EDT

Actually it *IS* the same thing. - (Simon_Jester) - (7) - Aug. 2, 2001, 09:08:50 AM EDT

What I read... - (admin) - (6) - Aug. 2, 2001, 11:07:09 AM EDT

Scott, it's certainly possible. - (Simon_Jester) - (5) - Aug. 2, 2001, 01:20:43 PM EDT

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Certainly. - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Aug. 2, 2001, 03:48:16 PM EDT

Pot, Kettle, and Black. - (addison) - (2) - Aug. 2, 2001, 04:48:47 PM EDT

Nope. Sorry. Not the same at all. - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Aug. 2, 2001, 07:12:51 PM EDT

Fine. -NT - (addison) - Aug. 2, 2001, 07:30:19 PM EDT

ok now... - (bepatient) - (20) - July 31, 2001, 08:38:45 AM EDT

Full agreement. - (a6l6e6x) - July 31, 2001, 02:27:39 PM EDT

Ya got me there, partly. Smartass. - (Ashton) - (18) - Aug. 1, 2001, 02:39:36 AM EDT

Re: Ya got me there, partly. Smartass. - (bepatient) - (9) - Aug. 1, 2001, 07:32:36 AM EDT

So then: a suitable metric for er - (Ashton) - (8) - Aug. 1, 2001, 06:43:02 PM EDT

I'm not sure what your point is. - (bepatient) - (7) - Aug. 1, 2001, 09:57:49 PM EDT

The need for defense spending will end... - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 1, 2001, 10:14:20 PM EDT

Cold war 5.0 avge; 2000 3.9 = 20% reduction - (Ashton) - (5) - Aug. 2, 2001, 04:47:48 AM EDT

Avg vs High vs Trend - (bepatient) - (4) - Aug. 2, 2001, 10:14:53 AM EDT

Nice chart. - (Ashton) - (3) - Aug. 2, 2001, 04:37:52 PM EDT

Well... - (bepatient) - (1) - Aug. 2, 2001, 07:53:08 PM EDT

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Not any more - (Fearless Freep) - (5) - Aug. 1, 2001, 03:20:32 PM EDT

Hmmm.. then what chimera are we using to replace it? -NT - (Ashton) - (4) - Aug. 1, 2001, 06:49:18 PM EDT

Nothing much - (Fearless Freep) - (3) - Aug. 1, 2001, 06:55:47 PM EDT

That sounds relatively sane. But why so expensive still? - (Ashton) - (2) - Aug. 2, 2001, 04:53:46 AM EDT

Simple, operational deployment costs more.... - (Fearless Freep) - (1) - Aug. 2, 2001, 11:09:04 AM EDT

LRPD below explains! 'We have a moral imperative.' -NT - (Ashton) - Aug. 2, 2001, 04:39:42 PM EDT

Gotta wory 'bout France, ya know... *snicker* -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Aug. 2, 2001, 01:51:26 PM EDT

More than you know ;) - (bepatient) - Aug. 2, 2001, 07:45:26 PM EDT

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