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   "Ken S. Tucker"  wrote in news:60291b71-0f62-   
   4b7d-a9e0-a9ed35ae9c77@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > On Jan 31, 3:48 am, Yeff  wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:58:48 -0800 (PST), Ken S. Tucker wrote:   
   >> > The airforce can spend a $500,000 missile trying to   
   >> > blind a $5,000 radar antenna,   
   >>   
   >> A half-a-million dollar missile?  Which one would that be?   
   >>   
   >> > trying to blind a $5,000 radar antenna,   
   >>   
   >> Uhm, okay.   
   >>   
   >> > then the army just switches over to the next , and in the meantime   
   the   
   >> > attacking aircraft is totally exposed to SAM's.   
   >>   
   >> Or maybe the Army thinks, "Damn, every time we turn on a radar we   
   take a   
   >> HARM up our ass.  Let's not do that anymore."   
   >   
   > You have to consider EW. The Tx antennae are cheap,   
   > they do the poing, the Rx are more expensive but are   
   > passive, and thus undetectable.   
      
      
   Yeh, how has the army survived as long as they have without Radio Shack?   
      
   Appalling.   
      
      
      
   >    
   > Ken   
   > ((snip rest for respect))   
   >   
      
      
   Slurp noted.   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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