On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:59 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > Its still overkill. Mind you it was an inert bomb with just the guidance > system. So it was just a kinetic kill. But still a multi billion dollar > aircraft launching a concrete bomb fitted with a $50,000 guidance system. > All to kill a rusty boat that probably costs around $300 > > All in all a good technology demo though.
I don't think it's overkill to use an inexpensive target to test a weapon. I'd rather they use $300 boats than $300,000 boats when they are blowing them up just to see if it works. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367229 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
