"Oops we had more military-grade missiles than we thought"

PugJesus@lemmy.dbzer0.com to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.world – 144 points –
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Is there a non military grade missile?

it's just a launch vehicle if you remove the warhead

(fun fact: an easy way of disposing of nuclear ICBMs is to just remove the nuclear warhead, put something useful on it instead, and shoot it off into space)

That's not a good idea. It could easily hit a satellite. A few to many times and that satellite can't be used anymore

that's why launch schedules are a thing?

And do you think lance corporal Darren understands that?

What exactly do you think “something useful“ means in this context?

Are NASA rockets missiles if they're guided? idk, I'm a fake, a phony, I can't even name the top 10 sexiest jets

A few more? Ah, never mind. Who's counting?

No seriously, who is counting those things? I have questions.

Very low paid airmen. Very low paid airmen who never get any special attention from on high. Then one day their CO is told "hey the brass wanna know how much is really in that warehouse"

Fuck. This is gonna take all day. Round up all the e5 and below and get it done.

Whereas before that, the standard method was to walk inside, copy last year's number to this year, and make work-noises for a few hours.

And If I remember correctly it's not even the first "oops we found more shit for you"

Is this America's way of saying 'We're not using the fear of a vague and unspecified 'escalation' to hold back on ATACAMS any more?'

Source for that statement? My google skills failed me.