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[jimi]

Just read that trials of the (£2Bn cost to date) Bowman communication project, 8 years late so far, had to be halted cos the tank commanders had'nt a clue where the live ammo they were firing was landing and the friggin headsets could'nt be heard over the noise of the guns... unbeleivable..

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[tome]

Yes, they're going to have to do something about the noise of the guns. That's for sure.

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[dralex]

Nothing to do with your post Jimi, but any idea what WilliamB posts were about ( in a round about, non litiganous way of course). I hate it when posts are withdrawn before I get to read them.

Alex

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[tome]

Alex

It was an advert for a 'Get rich Quick' book, boring stuff.

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[boatmike]

What about Star Wars then? Totally inconceivable amount of money to develop a system that is so complicated that it can't possibly work with a spin off that if ever terrorists get in to it they could automatically shoot down all our satellites. Oh well. There goes Sky TV then.... Come to think of it no great loss.....

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[LittleShip]

Lets try not to use them????

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[Cornishman]

Can I chuck in here the recent abandonment of the RAFT project in the River Tamar. After spending £25 million on dredging the site and doing untold damage to the river bed as well as the sea bed in Whitsand Bay where they were dumping the stuff the Navy has now decided that the system they were using before is quite adequate anyway.

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[FullCircle]

Should have left it to Marvo Marine Products. Could have charged 4bn and then vacated the complaints department before the troublesome punters show up with whimpy tales of the kit not functioning. Of course it functions, just not the way you think it should. Didn't you read the smallprint?

Besides it is only £68.03 for every man woman and child in the UK. Bargain.
National Census 2002 - 58789194 peeps. Very accurate too. Not.

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[Tekkie]

I don't see the tie up between fall of shot and communications??

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[AlexL]

I assume the comms was being used to spot the fall of shot.

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[Wiggo]

As opposed to the US version, where the comms is used to inform the tank commander that he's shelling Britsh troops/journos/Chinese Embassies etc etc

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[Peppermint]

Re: Would it be tastless

to mention the Eurofighter or those subs we sold to Canada, or this transport aircraft thing or the NHS computer system, or the air traffic control centre at Hamble, or,or,or.

What a way to run a railroad. Don't get me going on the railroad.

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[graham]

You would pick up the connection quickly if you were ahead of the guns and relying on forward observers telling them where NOT to fire.

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