"Dave Kearton" wrote in news:VBJWj.292
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Lynn in StLou wrote:
Phil Rhodes wrote:
When I went to US Army Air Defense School in Fort Bliss in the
1960s (the Marines couldn't afford such a school , all 'disabled'
missles (HAWK and NIKE are what I remember) were painted black and
white. After I got posted to a unit, all 'abled' USMC HAWK missles
were olive drab.
And I don't know what a bitumen is....


"Alan Erskine" wrote in message
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote in message
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Do the markings on the bitumen mean the missile is disabled? ;-)




He was making a joke about all the handicapped
(disabled) parking spots around the launcher

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Lynn in StLou
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I think that these days they prefer "launch challenged"

Or "differently fueled"