A few pics I took tonight

#1 Taken circa 1800

#2 Taken circa 2120

#3 Taken circa 2155

#4 Taken circa 2250

#5 Taken circa 2300

Camera Kit
Canon 350D
Sigma 50-500mm

Very nice pics of the Moon, most impressive!! 😎
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I just read the following article, and from checking other sources it all seems to be correct:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delivering_Security_in_a_Changing_World

Now, maybe i have made a horrible mistake, but i don’t see much re-structuring of ANY of the armed forces. Massive cuts all round, no expansion in any supposedly key areas, just cuts down to the bone everywhere.

The worst part of it is that all the while whitehall lies to us, and carries on with a facade that all is well. The PM says he will give the armed forces all they need to do their job. Either he is a liar, criminally negligent, or delusional. I get the impression Mr Blair is all three. I honestly don’t believe any other party would do anything different, its depressing.

Perhaps the idea, is that they would call up any ex proffesional army soldiers, when needed. This would be the best way to resolve the problem, of having excess soldiers in army bases, with nothing to do. Thus saving the government money, to pay for other projects, such as the Olympic games fiasco.
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Exactly!!! but MAD only applies to other Nations…not the sort of War we are facing into over the next decades..

What is the point of perpetuating the lie of an unbreachable defense?

We face far greater danger from the guy walking into a city centre with a dirty bomb in a suitcase.

Or are we looking at Mr Chaney’ s latest bad dream…a strong economically robust China with a strong military?

Yes, what is the point of perpetuating the lie, of an unbreachable defence?
MAD applies to World War three, in my books, which could easily start from the impending situation.
Perhaps that missile defence system, wasn’t such a good idea after all. 😮
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And I have given an example of a simple measure, well within the technical means of many nations, that could seriously imperil any space-based elements of such a system.

How sad that you have chosen to react in such a lofty and dismissive manner.

Never mind. 😎

I was being sarcastic, as I thought your comments were rather amusing. It wasn’t my intention to be lofty or dismissive, especially with someone of your experience. I apologise, if it seemed I was being a bit off hand. I should have thought about inserting one of these 😀 . You do make a good point about ball bearings. As we know, any country with the know how, could do this quite easily. Only a few days ago, a Russian rocket booster, mysteriously exploded in space over Australia, distributing fragments in the process. Spaceweather.com showed pictures of this event, filmed by some astronomers.
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But Newton’s Laws of Motion are simple. :rolleyes:

I don’t think this comment is worthy of a reply. We are talking about a defensive shield, not Isaac Newton.
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Like any other western so called defence initiative it will be used for war.

It will be the defence shield from which the west can hide behind while they deny anybody else the capabilities they have had and used for more than half a century…

I thought it’s purpose, was to protect the west from a pre emptive Nuclear attack. It wasn’t designed to protect countries, that aren’t in the firing line. In any case, where Nukes are concerned, MAD still applies. This defensive shield, might save our cities from destruction, but it wont save us from the effects of Nuclear fallout. So I don’t think, the U.S. would use it purely as a means, to wage Nuclear war. Remember, no one wins where Nukes are concerned.

Such as, for example, a few handfulls of deniable ball bearings put into the right orbit at the right velocity at the right time? :diablo:

Possibly, however that’s looking at it in quite simplistic terms. The United States military, would want a defensive system in place, that wouldn’t be vulnerable to this sort of thing. Therefore you can be sure, this system is sabotage proof. Slightly off subject, reading up on HAARP, just shows the complexity of scientific defensive systems, being devised for the US military.
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