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Re: Newspeak 2003
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Date: 
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:42:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
Didn't some of those missiles (GPS guided) go awry while GPS jammers (sold
and serviced by Russian companies, as it turns out... probably because they
underbid the French) were being deployed? You can't fault the missiles
directly for that.

I think I read somewhere that the Russians claimed that the U.S. forces were
just looking for an excuse as to why their overrated and expensive weapons
were failing in their intended use.  This excuse could give them good
mileage when it comes to hitting civilian targets also.

-- Hop-Frog



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  Re: Newspeak 2003
 
(...) Didn't some of those missiles (GPS guided) go awry while GPS jammers (sold and serviced by Russian companies, as it turns out... probably because they underbid the French) were being deployed? You can't fault the missiles directly for that. (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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