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  • RexSeven

    June 9, 2009 4:09 p.m. RexSeven HalfDork

    As in, AIM-9 Sidewinder dogfight missile. If I were this guy, I would have let this one go...

  • confuZion3

    June 9, 2009 6:08 p.m. confuZion3 Dork

    I would have done what he did--asked to keep it.

  • pinchvalve

    June 9, 2009 6:40 p.m. pinchvalve UltraDork

    That thing would have been mounted on my car so fast...

  • Woody

    June 9, 2009 7:38 p.m. Woody Dork

    Definitely a catch and release situation.

  • wherethefmi

    June 10, 2009 12:05 a.m. wherethefmi HalfDork

    It most likely is labeled inert, if it's actually inert, though being in the ocean can affect the round.

  • 914Driver

    June 10, 2009 5:55 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork

    Was he bottom dragging or do missles float?

    I got on a plane in Yuma, Az. and two young marines got pulled out of line (very small airport). One had an empty 9mm cartridge in his pack and the other had a full 9mm cartridged in his pack, both were in civilian clothes. They made the plane just as the door was to be closed, but I'll bet someone from the Marines wants to talk to them at the other end. Don't they teach weapons safety anymore?

    The Gubbyment is funny and posessive about their gun powder stuff....

  • RexSeven

    June 10, 2009 4:05 p.m. RexSeven HalfDork

    wherethefmi wrote:

    It most likely is labeled inert, if it's actually inert, though being in the ocean can affect the round.

    A later story says it's a "telemetry" missile, which (I think)means propellant and seeker but no warhead.

  • gubby

    June 10, 2009 4:14 p.m. gubby New Reader

    914driver said: The Gubbyment is funny and posessive about their gun powder stuff....

    Hey, it's my stuff, and I'll do whatever I please

 

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