I've Got Your WMD Right Here
Kirt's Cogitations™ #98

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I've Got Your WMD Right Here

Anti-Bush and anti-Blair minions perpetually repeat the mantra that weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) never existed in Iraq because we would have found them by now if they had existed. Consider this. Toward the end of WWI, Germany built 7 monster guns (one affectionately dubbed the Paris Gun) that were capable of lobbing 264-pound projectiles into the heart of Paris from 25 miles away. A 400-pound charge launched the projectile into its 170-second trajectory from its 131-foot long, 380 mm barrel. 256 Parisians died from those WMDs. None of the guns, to this day, have ever been found, yet photos and eye-witnesses proving their existence are ample. I suppose Roosevelt and Eisenhower made up stories about those WMDs to justify the D-Day invasion. We need an investigation!

Anritsu MG36021A Microwave Frequency Synthesizer Module - RF Cafe

RF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...