From: "John R. Strohm" <strohm@airmail.net>
Subject: Re: Protest against the war on Iraq
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 18:23:14 -0600
Date: 2003-03-24T18:23:14-06:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: slrnb7lv4d.53q.randhol+news@kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no
"Preben Randhol" <randhol+news@pvv.org> wrote in message
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> Dale Stanbrough wrote:
> > Does anyone know if the munitions in Iraq are coded in Ada, or are
> > they mainly C++, or even PL/1? :-)
>
> I guess the smart bombs[*] are coded in Ada and the dumb bombs in C++.
> Dirty bombs are coded in C. ;-) The Patriot missiles seem to have
> some problems shooting down the Iraq missiles.
Preben, if you are going to make snide remarks, you should at least make
them TRUTHFUL snide remarks.
Last report I saw, the PAC-3 batteries were 6 for 6 against Iraqi missiles.
Including an Abibil-2 (sp?) that Iraq developed post-1991, under the 90-mile
range limit, that was intercepted and destroyed AFTER it had already flown
110 miles.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-25 0:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-21 9:36 Protest against the war on Iraq Karel Miklav
2003-03-21 10:05 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-21 11:29 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-03-21 11:50 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-21 14:56 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-03-24 23:10 ` Karen
2003-03-25 0:23 ` John R. Strohm [this message]
2003-03-25 18:43 ` Nick Roberts
2003-03-25 21:24 ` Faust
2003-03-25 23:00 ` John R. Strohm
2003-03-27 9:17 ` Preben Randhol
2003-03-21 15:18 ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-03-21 11:30 ` Faust
2003-03-25 22:41 ` Bill Schreckenstein
2003-03-25 23:02 ` John R. Strohm
2003-03-26 3:27 ` Ada software helps the war " Faust
2003-03-26 4:42 ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-03-26 4:49 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-03-26 8:30 ` Martin Dowie
2003-03-26 10:03 ` Dale Stanbrough
2003-03-21 12:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
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