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From: joseph2k on 17 Aug 2006 22:24 Mike Monett wrote: > joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > > The US military has a long track record of buying stuff that > > performs well in demonstration and trials that barely work when > > fielded. > > > JosephKK > > You mean like the > > airplane, > radar, > microwave oven (magnetron), > transistor, > computer, > satellite, > internet, > > and innumerable other inventions that we now take for granted? Sure, > there may have been teething problems, but they eventually got > fixed. > > If you read the article, you may discover the original order was for > $38 million worth of AN/PSS-14 Mine Detection Sets. > > http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/08/300m-over-17000-portable- > minedetectors-for-us-troops/index.php > > The performance of the system is easy to verify. After evaluating it > for one year, the army increased the order by a factor of ten, to > $300 million. > > Here's the info on the AN/PSS-14: > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The AN/PSS-14 Mine Detection Set (formerly known as HSTAMIDS) is a > vast improvement over today's metallic handheld mine detectors. It > employs a state-of-the-art metal detector and ground penetrating > radar (GPR), which are coupled with an advanced microprocessor array > and software to achieve a high probability of detection (in excess > of 95 percent) for both large and small metallic and nonmetallic > antitank and antipersonnel mines. It also significantly reduces the > number of false targets or alarms. If a mine is detected, audio cues > alert the operator. Built-in warning and test equipment also alerts > the operator of potential system malfunctions and assists > maintenance personnel in fault identification. The result is a > greatly improved system that protects the Soldier and enhances > his/her ability to detect landmines. The AN/PSS-14 weighs > approximately eight pounds, uses standard batteries and can be > operated by a single Soldier. The AN/PSS-14 is also being procured > by the U.S. Marine Corps as their Advance Mine Detector. > > http://ccsweb.pica.army.mil/2counter/anpss14.htm > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The main point is the mine detection systems they are now buying > include GPR. > > And a very significant difference exists between previous methods of > military procurement and what happens now. > > If the system doesn't work as claimed, the large number of military > and civilian blogs will ensure that everyone knows about the > problem. > > That will certainly get attention needed to fix it. > > Regards, > > Mike Monett > > Antiviral, Antibacterial Silver Solution: > http://silversol.freewebpage.org/index.htm > SPICE Analysis of Crystal Oscillators: > http://silversol.freewebpage.org/spice/xtal/clapp.htm > Noise-Rejecting Wideband Sampler: > http://www3.sympatico.ca/add.automation/sampler/intro.htm It is impolite to over expand what i said. I said that they regularly buy junk, i did not say they only buy junk. I think most of us here remember Senator Proxmire, he took his share of pork too. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens. --Schiller
From: Mike Monett on 17 Aug 2006 23:57 joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> joseph2k <quiettechblue(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >>> The US military has a long track record of buying stuff that >>> performs well in demonstration and trials that barely work when >>> fielded. >>> JosephKK > It is impolite to over expand what i said. I said that they > regularly buy junk, i did not say they only buy junk. I think most > of us here remember Senator Proxmire, he took his share of pork > too. > JosephKK OK, let me see if I got it this time. You said some of the stuff the US military buys is not junk. It is pork. Right. Regards, Mike Monett Antiviral, Antibacterial Silver Solution: http://silversol.freewebpage.org/index.htm SPICE Analysis of Crystal Oscillators: http://silversol.freewebpage.org/spice/xtal/clapp.htm Noise-Rejecting Wideband Sampler: http://www3.sympatico.ca/add.automation/sampler/intro.htm
From: Richard The Dreaded Libertarian on 18 Aug 2006 10:26 On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:18:39 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > On 16 Aug 2006 23:43:50 GMT, Jim Yanik <jyanik(a)abuse.gov> wrote: >>John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in >>> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:43:54 +0100, Eeyore >>> >>>>The concept of free speech was never designed for the yahoo likes of >>>>you who find the free speech of others not to your liking. >>> >>> Spoken like a genuine Liberal! Thank you for this classic line; I just >>> love this sort of reasoning. >> >>One more datum showing that liberals are anti-free speech. > > That's a paradox: one of the definitions of "liberal" is "tolerant", > but liberals seem to be intolerant of people who aren't liberals! Nowadays it means "anyone who doesn't toe the Bushist line". Thanks, Rich
From: Reg Edwards on 18 Aug 2006 10:58 Definition - " A "traitor" is somebody who doesn't entirely agree with the foreign policy of the British Government." ===================================
From: Michael A. Terrell on 18 Aug 2006 12:21
Reg Edwards wrote: > > Definition - > > " A "traitor" is somebody who doesn't entirely agree with the foreign > policy of the British Government." > =================================== Someone doesn't agree? Then it time to send them back to the re-education center. Can't allow any free thought can you? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |