Is that $50k "dead or alive?"

I much prefer a big glass of Ebola Cola.

The time to detect and shoot down an RPG round is nowhere close to happening. There are experiments with disruptive systems that aim to destroy or detonate an RPG warhead, but it's intended for ground vehicles.

It probably carried at least a SAW or a dillon aero.

It happens. The Afghani's took out Mi-24's with RPGs. Knocking down a chinook is easy enough. Hit either rotor, hit the cockpit, hell hit either engine, or for that matter hit the bird close enough to blast parts of the fuselage into the intake. If you point and fire enough of them into the air with sufficient lead,…

You can use the cool weapon to enter benchrest shooting competitions.

I've found that it's better to just pull the overflow off and run a hand snake down the drain. I tried zip-its a few times, but they never really did the job as well as a snake did. I bought a little one from HD for about $12. It's lasted for years. I think they're still about $12, too.

They are long enough. You can usually find them in HD or Lowes hung up in the plumbing aisle. Probably Menards and others, too.

They did, sadly. The faulty reasoning there was that because there was soo much aluminum used that the boat didn't need it.

Too bad some elected idiot killed the A-10 program.

You should note that virtually every country that maintains a naval force is able to project its power beyond its own borders. Eleven countries currently field Aircraft Carriers or other craft capable of launching aircraft or helicopters.

Corrosion control is an on-going task that's performed on ships, aircraft, electronics equipment (though less often), cars, vans, trucks, tanks, ground equipment (Yellow" Gear: tow tractors, power carts), etc.

Works for me.

This technology was invented by Sydney Alford, of Alford Technologies. AT is the king of boom. [www.explosives.net]

I spent close to 15 years in San Diego and was always fine with a couple of fans.

There's typically nothing you can do to bring an old window unit back to life. Once it stops working efficiently, it's time to recycle it. Five to seven years is the average lifespan for a decent unit. I've had a couple that only lasts 3-4 years. I just replaced a larger unit that was seven years old.

There are plenty of places where such uniform material would be welcomed, besides with deployed troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

You're too short sighted. FYI, not only does the Army wear BDU, but so do the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marines. While it may not be obvious to you, there are many bases in the US where people deal with temperature extremes. MCAS Yuma, the Yuma Proving Ground, March AFB, Nellis AFB, Wurtsmith AFB....

The only a dirty cop is afraid of video.

I'm paying Verizon for a FiOS 25Mbps/25Mbps static IP. I never get 25/25. It's always 30 to 33 for up and down :-)