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To: 10K a day who wrote (243608)	3/28/2002 10:54:15 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Respond to of 769670

Great link, impristine! I'm rockin' to Bon Jovi ... ... reading this board. Huge mistake, no doubt. (Cross Road) LMAO. Can you IMAGINE that RW actually lives the constricted anal ways of instruction by the 'church,' the ... the ... well, ... f*ck... WHO? Who ELSE must be 'in command' of these pathetic jerks lives? Do you know? -g- TIA, bia

To: 10K a day who wrote (243608)	3/28/2002 11:05:55 PM
From: Selectric II	Respond to of 769670

A real scoop. That article is only 2-1/2 months old. Who should get defense contracts, bow and arrow manufacturers?

To: 10K a day who wrote (243608)	3/29/2002 1:44:08 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Sorry, but if you look back, you will find many weapon systems were viewed as unneeded and obsolete. So it is not surprising to find that the Crusader is considered as "inappropriate for modern warfare". In the late 40's, the aircraft carrier was viewed as obsolete. The U.S. Navy's first supercarrier, the USS United States was canceled, because the DOD decided that in the future wars would last days...Military doctrine in that period, was at the onset of hostilities, U.S. Airforce land based bombers would drop atomic bombs on an enemy's cities till they surrender - there was no place in that doctrine for a carrier. In the late 50s and 60s, the Bomber was considered as obsolete. Critics said that the weapon use was made obsolete by ICBMs. All the bombers that are currently used in Afghanistan (and earlier, Desert Storm, and Yugoslavia) were programs that were probably criticized as either unnecessary or obsolete. The A-10 Thunderbolt (or Warthog), was designed for fighting Warsaw Pact tanks in Europe. It was considered obsolete and vulnerable, by the late 80's. In the Gulf War, Air Force generals wanted the A-16 (a converted F-16) be used instead of the A-10. There are reports that the plane was used only because Sec of Defense Cheney, demanded they be deployed. The SBD Dauntless was in the 2nd World War was considered obsolete, when it entered service. It was nicknamed the "Barge" and the "Clunk". The SBD Dauntless sank several Japanese aircraft carriers at the Battle of Midway Representative Gephardt, tried to scrap the Bradley Fighting Vehicle when he ran for President. Many considered the Bradley a death trap.