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Re: [OM] last week sky spectacle

Subject: Re: [OM] last week sky spectacle
From: Gary Edwards <edwardsg@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 22:05:14 -0500

Chris Barker wrote:

> Siddiq
>
> Gary Edwards ... who, I think, was involved in the test.  However, these 
> things
> are sensitive and he may not be able to speak frankly of it.
>
> Chris
>

Chris, no, not me, guv'ner!  That test was of a brand X system (a competitor
company).  We are the lower tier of the tactical missile defense.  Our prey are
Scuds and such.  We did, however, teach that particular company how to do it 14
years ago when we shot down an on-orbit satellite.

Large missile launches are very photogenic, as Acer noted.  Our target missiles 
are
1- and 2-stage Minutemen versions which are launched from Ft. Wingate in NW New
Mexico (near Gallup).  I tried a while back to get some interest on the list in
shooting one of those launches, but it seems we don't have anyone in NW NM or NE
Arizona.  If we've gotten someone up there since, the next one is scheduled 27
October.  I'd still love to have a nice shot of one, especially from an OM.
Contact me off list for directions.

Sorry for the delay responding to this thread - I was off in the Ozarks 
capturing
red and yellow fall photons.

Gary


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