"Fred J. McCall" wrote in message
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"Damo" wrote:

:
:" :If they can be mass-produced for $10,000 each, then a $1 bn
: rocurement -- and the sort of countries we're talking about
: :typically sign bigger weapons contracts than that -- would buy
: :100,000 missiles.
:
: I think you need to go look at this again. Hell, why not assume they
: cost $1 each and can be made by kindergardeners?
:
:A civilian is making a cruise missile in his garage in New Zealand for
less
:then 5000 dollars.

I'll believe it when he gets it done, it has a usable warhead
fraction, and it works after being bounced around on roads (and off)
in the back of a truck for six months. And if it passes that, then
we'll talk about flight profiles, RCS, accuracy under GPS-jammed
conditions, etc.

Get back to me.

I wasnt pretending this was military grade weapon (the GPS component rules
that out straight away) but if someone told you this 10 years ago you would
write it off completely. With todays technology it is at least possible, and
for terrorists it doesnt have to meet your guidelines above - just hit
something in a city will do it.

Damo


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