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Subject: Re: C2 Trusted FreeBSD? 
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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 01:43:17 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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>From The Desk Of "Jordan K. Hubbard" :
> > This is the same government that thought that hiding a fair-weather 
> > aircraft for 25 years was a worthwhile investment of the taxpayers 
> > money?
> 
> Whoa!  Is someone slamming the F117 here?  Fightin' words!
> 
> Whatever shortcomings the F117 may have in the frailty of its skin
> coating are more than offset by its ability to go after radar sites
> and down SAM corridors after highly defended targets.  It sure beats
> the old days when you sent a couple of B52 "cells" (3 bombers) in
> after the same target and were't too surprised if you lost a couple of
> aircraft in the process.
> 
> Now the B2, on the other hand - that may indeed be a bomber who's
> primary mission no longer justifies its cost.  Better to do today's
                                                               ^^^^^^
It took a whole lot of effort and money to get to the point in which
is no longer warranted to develop sophisticated weapons to defeat the
enemy . It was a war on the management of economy  which have paid dearly for
however we are now free to discuss these issues 8)

	Cheers,
	Amancio