Drone Maker Accused of Covering Up Bomb in Bag on Delta Flight

Re:Drone Maker Accused of Covering Up Bomb in Bag on Delta F... by varenc on Thursday May 17, 2018 @05:35PM (#17096135)

It is! I find the writing fascinating...especially the overly aggro names like "Switchblade®" and the funny phrases like "man-portable delivery system", "warfighter", and "wave-off capability". (not sure what that last one means...)

It also seems like the URL actually has a typo? The page has the title "Tactical Missile Systems" but the URL is for "/tactical-mission-systems"

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Re:Drone Maker Accused of Covering Up Bomb in Bag on Delta F... by L_226 on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:15PM (#17097508)

Wave-off means that you can abort the missile strike post-launch if you realise you haven't identified your target correctly.

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Re:Drone Maker Accused of Covering Up Bomb in Bag on Delta F... by cabalamat on Thursday May 17, 2018 @08:33PM (#17097621)

> especially the overly aggro names like "Switchblade®"

I think I would have called it a Knife Missile :-)

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Re:Drone Maker Accused of Covering Up Bomb in Bag on Delta F... by mcguire on Thursday May 17, 2018 @05:47PM (#17096255)

Welcome to government work. As long as the acronyms are right, the expansions can change daily.

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