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2006-06-02 Britain

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Posted by Howard UK 2006-06-02 05:09|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Anyone taking bets on the type and original source?

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-06-02 05:13|| 2006-06-02 05:13|| Front Page Top

#2 bet #2.

a nuke will have to go off in Londonistan or the souks of Frogistan before the peasants revolt.

Posted by RD 2006-06-02 06:07|| 2006-06-02 06:07|| Front Page Top

#3 *yawn*

Just another boring story about the RoP.

Posted by Rob Crawford">Rob Crawford 2006-06-02 07:18|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-06-02 07:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Testing, testing, 1...2..3...Testing.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-06-02 07:45|| 2006-06-02 07:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Mebbe someone wanted to hunt an infidel pigeon?
Yeah, thats the story, pigeon hunting...

Posted by DanNY 2006-06-02 08:04|| 2006-06-02 08:04|| Front Page Top

#6 15 ft. long? Hell.... A Roland? Rapier? What's the Russ equvalent?

Posted by 6 2006-06-02 08:56|| 2006-06-02 08:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Damn! The've discovered my Uranium Pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator!

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-06-02 09:25|| 2006-06-02 09:25|| Front Page Top

#8 15 feet long is a full blown Surface to Air Missile, not a shoulder fired model. Perhaps some one needed a conversation piece for his front lawn.

Posted by Steve">Steve 2006-06-02 11:44|| 2006-06-02 11:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Must be hunting the Scottish elk.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-06-02 12:06|| 2006-06-02 12:06|| Front Page Top

#10 Maybe an SA-3 or some other ancient Soviet system, taken from an ancient base in East Germany as a souvenir?

Posted by WhitecollarRedneck 2006-06-02 12:40|| 2006-06-02 12:40|| Front Page Top

#11 SA-2 or 3 would be my guess.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2006-06-02 14:58|| 2006-06-02 14:58|| Front Page Top

#12 An SA-3 is about 23 feet long. The only missile I know that's 15 feet long is the SA-6. I don't see how it could be used without the launcher and supporting radar. The SA-8 is about 12 feet in length. Of course, some of the multiple-launch Soviet-era rockets were around 15 feet, so it could have been one of those. They're unguided, so it wouldn't be much use against an aircraft. It could be used against an AIRFIELD or other stationary target, however. Can you imagine the uproar if one of those struck Buckingham or Windsor? We wouldn't have to worry about nuking Saudi Arabia - the Brits would do it first.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-06-02 15:47|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-06-02 15:47|| Front Page Top

#13 Estes experimental model #3

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-06-02 16:50|| 2006-06-02 16:50|| Front Page Top

#14 Estes experimental model #3

Now available with the Ultra-Hyper-Super-Duper-Turbo-Disco F Series Booster Engine.

Posted by Zenster 2006-06-02 19:50|| 2006-06-02 19:50|| Front Page Top

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