Any major weapon systems come on-line in the last 10 years?

"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message ...
"Peter Kemp" peter_n_kempathotmaildotcom@ wrote in message
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On or about Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:49:21 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
allegedly uttered:


"Scott Ferrin" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 10:40:40 -0800, "Tarver Engineering"
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"user" wrote in message
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Dozens have,,,the first one comes to my mind is the E/F Super
Hornet.....many others.

B-one.

It's didn't come online until 1993?

2002.

Despite having been in service for a hell of a long time before that,
and indeed having it's combat debut in 1998. Buy hey - it's
Tarverworld (tm)

The 1998 spludge was hardly impressive enough for any but the clueless to
see as "online". I don't count any action before Afghanistan as
representative of an "online" weapons system. Up until that time the
Pentagon was reducing the flock and so they agreed with me.

The b-one brings a lot to the table, even if it is late.


Hogwash. IOC for the B-1B was in October 1986, and the *final*
aircraft was delivered in 1988. I am sure you will claim that IOC does
not equal "online" (whatever that particular Tarverism is determined
to mean, based upon your needs at the moment of course); but that will
just be another fine example to add the the evergrowing pile of
lunatic Tarverisms we have been exposed to (i.e., "optical nukes",
"splaps", recoiless cannon armed AC-130's, F-106's carrying AIM-7's,
creative Civil War history, etc...ad nauseum).

Brooks