Yes it landed here. One of our park rangers gave your State Department a $400 fine for littering. I think the fine was paid for them by an American radio personality via donations from callers to his show.
73 Frank vk2akg
Thank Him for paying the fine for the good ole' US, as we have a deficit problem right now...teehee..
This post provides interesting insight. Would you please be kind enough to outline the education and experience leading to your expertise on U.S. Military capabilities and performance?
Those who supply expertise on U.S. military capabilities and performance on QRZ are usually those who have never served a day in the U.S. military.
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Richard L. Ray, SSgt. USAF (Ret.)
Crestview-Garden City Community, Okaloosa County FL EM60ru "A veteran of U.S. military service took an oath to protect and defend the United States, and in doing so wrote a blank check made payable to 'The Government of the United States of America' for an amount up to and including their life."
USAF 1983-1996 - Life Member DAV
Member ARRL, SATERN A Southern sweet tea drinking, crew-cab diesel pickup driving, politically incorrect high tech redneck...and proud of it.
Certainly, common sense and observation as often observed by reports in print, television, and radio (not that I believe everything that I see, hear, or read) but when it becomes evident that a persistent pattern of incompetence is present it can only lead to the conclusion that said incompentence is present.
So, your "expertise" is what is spoon fed to you by the newspapers, television, and radio. Just as I thought. Another armchair general who never saw a day of military service.
See my post above. And grab a dictionary next time you post, you can wax poetic on the supposed failures of the U.S. military, but you can't spell to save your arse.
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Richard L. Ray, SSgt. USAF (Ret.)
Crestview-Garden City Community, Okaloosa County FL EM60ru "A veteran of U.S. military service took an oath to protect and defend the United States, and in doing so wrote a blank check made payable to 'The Government of the United States of America' for an amount up to and including their life."
USAF 1983-1996 - Life Member DAV
Member ARRL, SATERN A Southern sweet tea drinking, crew-cab diesel pickup driving, politically incorrect high tech redneck...and proud of it.
[Updated October 23, 2006] According to Dr. T. S. Kelso at CelesTrak WWW, if you visit a website called the SATCAT Boxscore you will find pretty much everything we know orbiting the earth as of today greater than 10cm in size.
In summary: there are about 3,100 satellites "on orbit" but only about 1,000 are still active (it is very difficult to determine the operational status of a satellite). Another 2,700 are labelled "decayed payloads" which means they are no longer on orbit. Most have experienced uncontrolled reentry and burned up, but some, such as the space shuttle, are actually controlled reentries. There are only 10,036 objects--payloads or debris--which are still in orbit of the 29,496 placed in orbit to date.
The boxscore includes all satellites launched into orbit, even US military satellites. Of course, there is no orbital information available to the public on military satellites. By way of comparison, the data released by NORAD today (Oct 2006) has 2,752 payloads and a total of 9,010 objects. Contrast this to the 3,118 payloads and 10,036 objects currently in orbit in the SATCAT. Most of these 'missing' satellites are US Department of Defense satellites (restricted and classified) but some are interplanetary missions which do not have Earth orbital information.
Someboby else with no experience about what he speaks. Nothing but fear and common sense keeping you from enlisting my friend.
You got half that right ... it's the common sense part that keeps me from enlisting in the military. But feel free to enlist yourself, I've never been one to stand in the way of natural selection - better you die for a government than me. Best way to thin the herd.
So, your "expertise" is what is spoon fed to you by the newspapers, television, and radio. Just as I thought. Another armchair general who never saw a day of military service.
See my post above. And grab a dictionary next time you post, you can wax poetic on the supposed failures of the U.S. military, but you can't spell to save your arse.
Get back to me when they get Osama ... eight years and how many lives?
W4RLR & W7WV I found this neat feature on QRZ. It is call the ignore list. I find it very useful for eliminating illogical voices. It is too bad this feature doesn’t exist in the real world.
BTW, thank you for serving. Freedom isn’t free.
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...- better you die for a government than me. Best way to thin the herd.
Many have given their lives in defense of what we cherish. More did just today. I cannot understand how such callous words could be offered.
Thanks to those in uniform who have given of themselves for the sustenance of freedom and our way of life. Especially for their selflessness and sacrifice for what so many take for granted.
If we were a nation of cowards, "better you than me's," we wouldn't still be free.
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