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MurrayDelph

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10. 50 years ago, I worked on an Army/Air Force-funded project

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Sep 29, 2025, 06:21 PM

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(very similar to the "Heavily-Armed Winnebago" in the movie "Stripes.&quot

When we had an inspection at our lab in El Segundo, where I was made to take down my Muppets "Pigs in Space" poster, there were a minimum 75 officers of Colonel and above. I fully expected when they turned on the computer and asked it to identify areas likely to be targets, that it would tag the current location.

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