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    Image of AqueousBeef AqueousBeef
    11/18/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    Hmm so that's how the Russians invaded the US mainland in Modern Warfare 2... #icbm
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    Image of qbrad qbrad
    11/18/09

    @AqueousBeef: It was Red Dawn!!
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    Image of maxentropy maxentropy
    11/18/09


    @qbrad:
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    11/18/09

    @maxentropy: Thank you. Little red hearts aflutter.

    #tips
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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    Due respect, the Army is no longer purveyor of all things camouflage green. It's more like camouflage sand color these days. #icbm
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    Image of The5thElephant The5thElephant
    11/18/09

    @frigg: Well we outdid the Galactic Empire there. #icbm
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    Wouldn't it be simpler to just pre-position spybot/killbot packages in low earth orbit over trouble spots, and then call them in as needed. Sure there's an upfront cost, but it puts them even closer to the action, with the added benefit of no ICBM launches during the actual crisis at hand? #icbm
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    Image of minibeardeath minibeardeath
    11/17/09

    @Canoehead: its that there upfront cost that would keep this from leaving the drawing board. I mean, imagine if no conflict arose in the region that the military predicted, all that peace would make the designers look like fools (and waste taxpayer money). but this here ICBM idea can be sent anywhere, and we wouldnt have to worry about wasting resources because we would all be dead when the russians launch their nuclear ICBMs in retaliation to our spybot ICBM. #icbm
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    Image of Ridley Ridley
    11/18/09

    @minibeardeath: Get richard brandson to put them in low earth orbit. I think he only charges 50k per seat. You could buy the whole cabin in need be. A single tomahawk missile is over $1M, so i expect ICBMs would be much more.
    i have no idea if i'm being sarcastic or not
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    Canoehead promoted this comment Ridley was starred Ridley was unstarred
    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/18/09

    @Ridley: I'm not sure Branson goes high enough to achieve stable orbit.
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    I think the problem was first brought to light with the 1990s Clinton-uses-a-cruise-missile-to-kill-a-camel-and-a-tent "strikes" against Al Qeada. The US used Tomahawks, which are essentially very small subsonic aircraft, launched from off the Pakistani coast. Of course, they had to warn the Pakistanis that they were on the way(don't want to start an accidental nuke war between India and Pakistan), and the missiles' low cruise speed gave the Pakistanis plenty of time to warn Bin Laden and for Bin Laden to decamp. #icbm
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    Image of :negated: :negated:
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    So this is what they're planning to use the space shuttle for... #icbm
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    if i am not mistaken -- ICBMs don't land . . . they crash. #icbm
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    11/17/09

    @Nick: Crashing is another form of landing... And you can land anywhere, once. #icbm
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/17/09

    @DustyButt™: ahhh, hence the crash landing. gotcha. #icbm
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/17/09

    In reply to US Military Wants Armed Spy Bots in Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
    "How different that missile could be? A ballistic missile is a ballistic missile. "

    Don't woorrryyy. This one will be designed with Hello Kitty figures. #icbm
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    Image of SNForrester SNForrester
    09/24/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    Where am I? Gizmodo or io9? That's so cool.
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    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    Finally something that makes we want to serve my country.
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    Image of Hilo Hilo
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    There's like an adult back, it's someone has zero defends my sense an adult back, it's like and no air play, it just offense an adult hitting fundamentally unfair about should I cheer for rockets to him?

    There's someone has zero defense or rockets to hitting someone from 2000 feet with a huge cannon when that someone from 20000 feet with a kid, yeah he'll with a kid, yeah he'll with a huge cannon when that should I cheer force or hit back, it
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    Geisrud promoted this comment Edited by Hilo at 09/23/09 5:31 PM Hilo was starred Hilo was unstarred
    Image of squishyalt squishyalt
    09/23/09

    @Hilo: WTF?
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    Image of Gann Gann
    09/23/09

    @squishyalt: You wouldn't cheer for rockets to him?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    09/23/09

    @squishyalt: are you kidding me? That was comment of the day material right there.
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    09/23/09

    @Geisrud: I don't understand. What was he trying to say?
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    09/23/09

    @Hilo: cheer my friend, it can has rockets.

    he shoot kid rockets for air play, my sense adult back. then my adult lump, checking you see my sugar lumps.
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    Image of squishyalt squishyalt
    09/23/09

    @Gann: Dude, that comment actually made me dizzy.

    I didn't know if it was vertigo or someone hitting me with a kid from 20,000 feet.
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    Image of jonesy08 jonesy08
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    This is a waste of money. If we ever get into a conflict with a nation that has any form of anti-air system this thing is going down hard.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    09/23/09

    @jonesy08: It would be best deployed over populations that don't have an airforce capable of defeating ours. That's everyone. It would also be handy flying over our own cities. I'm buying a tinfoil hat now thanks.
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    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    *** DUSTY SHAKES HEAD ***

    They shoulda used the Airwolf theme song.
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    The Lab promoted this comment Edited by DustyButt™ at 09/23/09 4:59 PM DustyButt™ was starred DustyButt™ was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    Ketchup? Mustard?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    I wonder how long till someone says that it will just take a rifle and/or RPG to shoot it down.
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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_woot'sOffSoHard: -1 minute.

    ohmetimothy: "Seriously how hard would it be to shoot this thing down? Can an RPG go to 20,000 feet?"
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    GitEmSteveDave_woot'sOffSoHard promoted this comment Edited by PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: at 09/23/09 4:48 PM PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was starred PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: was unstarred
    Image of Kyonko Kyonko
    09/23/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_woot'sOffSoHard: Best large-caliber sniper rifle is effective up to 1.5 miles. To take down this thing, you'd need an 88mm. Not even a Stinger missile will fly that high.

    BTW, the hit probability of an RPG decreases dramatically as distance increases... at 300m it only has < 30% chance to hit, I think...
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    09/23/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Damn, I took my time writing and also was looking up the ranges of a few hand held SAM systems. Damn my fact checking!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    09/23/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: Hey, how did those hydralisks shoot down my Battlecruisers in StarCraft? They were spitting acid.
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    Image of ohmetimothy ohmetimothy
    09/23/09

    In reply to 250-Foot Long Hybrid Airship Will Spy Over Afghanistan Battlefields in 2011
    Seriously how hard would it be to shoot this thing down? Can an RPG go to 20,000 feet?
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    09/23/09

    @ohmetimothy: If you think 3,000 ft is close enough..
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    Image of ohmetimothy ohmetimothy
    09/23/09

    @ripfire: ok so I guess its good to go then! Like shooting bottle rockets at a hot air balloon.
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