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Snails and clams have always had trouble keeping up.
Posted by: Jim | June 19, 2021 at 09:16 AM
Even now, lawyers are discussing multi-million dollar settlements for the affected families.
Posted by: Clankie | June 19, 2021 at 10:25 AM
https://youtu.be/yp36e78ZpWs
https://youtu.be/Y_K77JXlAUQ
Posted by: pharmaross | June 19, 2021 at 10:30 AM
Footage just released of a test fire of the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon hypersonic boost-glide vehicle, or ARRW.
Posted by: man tom | June 19, 2021 at 10:54 AM
To paraphrase a quote from Maj.'King' Kong (Slim Pickens) in Dr. Strangelove.
"Well, I've been to a worlds fair, a picnic, and a rodeo and that's the stupidest thing I have been told to worry about."
Posted by: Le Petomane | June 19, 2021 at 11:23 AM
Why do the always use a French clam shack for a target?
Posted by: cfjk | June 19, 2021 at 11:40 AM
O'er the clam parts....
Posted by: Ralph | June 19, 2021 at 12:05 PM
In the old days the Air Force would just clam up about things like this.
Posted by: Flathead County Frank | June 19, 2021 at 12:40 PM
Not exactly a fair fight - aiming a hypersonic missile at a SNAIL.
Did they think the snail would be able to avoid getting hit?
Posted by: RegularGuy55 | June 19, 2021 at 05:12 PM
All my life, I've watched test launches from Vandenberg AFB head south to land in that atoll. I've never seen snails and clams mentioned before.
Our national defense does put a heavy atoll on native wildlife...
Posted by: PirateBoy, Hypersonically Speaking | June 19, 2021 at 06:21 PM
Duh, to kill a supersonic snail you need a hypersonic missile. Elementary strategy described in The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
Posted by: Loco | June 19, 2021 at 06:29 PM
Will there be a butter garlic sauce for the snails?
Posted by: Cheesewiz | June 21, 2021 at 10:01 AM
What many people do not know is that these missiles are moved to the flight line on mechanical carts, called "cars". For one launch, the crew made a serious error with the car labeled "S". They forgot to remove the tie-downs which held the rocket to the car during transport.
A few seconds after the countdown reached zero, both the rocket and the car vanished over the horizon.
One of the generals watching the test was heard to exclaim "Just look at that S-car go!"
Posted by: PirateBoy | June 22, 2021 at 12:39 AM