Originally posted by dypr512
HI I NEED SOME HELP WITH A PROJECT. DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY PAST TECHNOLOGICAL FAILURES OF THE U.S. GOVT.? (example: XYZ, a WWI system was supposed to be used to detect enemy ships. It failed because too many civilians were killed during testing and was later shut down by the U.S. Govt. ) please reply asap
Hey. I just looked up the project you were referencing, and I think you're right, it's a bad idea.
Look for information on the Osprey, which was such a debacle that they had to take it out of service for complete redesign and retesting. Also, the Patriot missile is highly questionable hardware. In the first gulf war, it was celebrated for having shot down a scud, though later it was determined that the scud just fell apart for being the expensive bottle rocket on steroids that it is. Check out reports on projects by the Army Corps of Engineers as they are notorious for their complete disregard for environmental damage. Also, above ground testing of nuclear weapons may claim a much higher toll than previously thought and still advertised. Those radioactive particles stay in the atmosphere and don't go away quickly. They say we inhale one or two of those particles still every time we breath. Some speculate that they may be connected to the increased rate of cancer world wide (see also Chernobyl. an interesting side note, those provinces of France which voted for Le Pen were the same provinces that were most directly affected by the fallout from chernobyl.) Also, look at the A-10, an extremely effective tank hunter in areas where air superiority has been established, the plane is so slow it can hardly get out of it's own way. It uses rounds of depleted uranium to penetrate armor. The problem is that uranium stays there and keeps on killing for years after the tank pilot is dead and gone. In Kosovo, the US's failure to notify allies about the use of depleted uranium: only Spanish, Italian, and Polish(? I don't remember for sure which was the third country, but it may have been Poland) troops were stationed in areas where the depleted uranium shells were used, and many became very sick and several died as a direct result, not to mention the locals that have to live there. The same problem occured in Iraq I in which the same rounds were used to decimate the column of Iraqi troops and ordinance retreating from Kuwait. Many thousands were massacred in that maneuver directly, and it is thought that the resulting radiation exposure has claimed the lives of many thousands of children in ensuing years. Speaking of which, in Cambodia during Vietnam, the US dropped cluster bombs which upon release separate into many small bomblets. Intended as anti-personel ordinance, thousands of these unexploded bomblets still lie where they fell, and to this day claim the lives of thousands of Cambodian children each year. (The US refuses to provide even a procedure of disarmament to the aid organizations which are there trying desperately to clean up the mess.) The M-16 assault rifle is a notoriously unreliable piece of shit (especially compared to the old reliable AK-47, which is now, I believe, produced under license by three different gun manufacturers in the US: not all AK-47s in the world indicate past arms deals with the USSR.) There are, of course, many many more examples, but you'll have to do your own research. Some of this stuff may be hard to find. I know Noam Chomsky has documented alot of this information i.e. he provides the resources to his information so you don't just have to take his word for it, and he's easy to find on the web. Just typein his name at any search engine.
Good Luck. i hope this response arrives on time, and let me know if you need more help.
-Bry
