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Subject: Re: [OM] last week sky spectacle
From: "Chris Barker" <christopher.barker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 20:50:51 +0200
Yeuch Gary! It was Brand X eh?  I'm sorry that I spent minutes writing about
it;-)

But interesting no?

Chris

~~ ><>
Chris Barker
Mailto: cmib@xxxxxxxxxxx & mailto: cmib@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>
> 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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