Burp and BOOM!

10:35pmRobert

Hey, did I show this to you:
News Link

10:36pmMe

Heh

No, but that's hilarious. Some kind of prank?

10:38pmRobert

It is designed to blend in with standard shipping containers. That is bad news. Watch their video.

We have snow!

10:44pmMe

Oooooo!

Supposedly, we're supposed to get some.

I doubt it.

10:44pmRobert

Still, you may get rain.

Did you notice that the missile can be fired at sea or on a train or from a semi?

10:45pmRobert

Indeed.

That's hilarious.

10:47pmRobert

Actually, no. This is frankly designed for rogue states and organisations.

The Club-M is already a portable missile system, so no need for this design unless you want to smuggle cruise missiles.

10:48pmMe

I know, just hilarious because I never thought a cargo container would make a good missile rack.

10:49pmRobert

They do. Defense experts have been concerned for years that a rogue state would develop one. Well one has - Russia.

Cargo containers lock together.

10:49pmMe

True.

Just seems so Wal-Marty.

10:51pmRobert

Well, if you want to smuggle a cruise missile, it is ideal. Who suspects a shipping container? Seriously. Think of how many times per week you see an intermodal container.

10:52pmMe

Oh, don't get me wrong, I get the genius behind it.

It just seems funny to me in a way.

10:53pmRobert

Think of the sensitive areas where intermodal containers go (ports, railyards, etc).

10:54pmMe

Yeah, I know. My first thought was that a shipping company goofs and a Toys R Us gets a missile while some terrorist gets a container full of teddy bears.

10:55pmRobert

Terrorist #1: "What the fuck are we going to do with 20 gross of Chinese teddy bears?"

Terrorist #2: "Sell them on E-bay?"

Meanwhile, at Toys R Us: "Damn, Smitty, those guys at Estes don't fuck around when it comes to model rockets!"

Also, I have this scenario in my head where a semi stops at a weigh station. The Highway Patrol officer reads the scale and says, "Damn, boy, what the hell are you carrying?! Open this sumbitch and let me have a look!"

10:59pmMe

Heh.

11:04pmRobert

Soooo many scenarios in my head...

11:04pmMe

What th' fuck you got there, sonny Jim?

That some kinda funky "play toy" for the missus?

11:05pmRobert

"By the beard of the Prophet, I swear that it is plumbing supplies."

11:05pmMe

Bwahaha

Scary though.

11:06pmRobert

Yep. This kind of shit keep military planners awake at night.

11:07pmMe

No kidding.

11:07pmRobert

Still, I am amused by the idea of one accidentally being delivered to Toys R Us.

11:08pmMe

I don't wanna blow up, I'm a toys r us kid. There's lots of guns and ammo that terrorists like to play with. From IED's to planes to nuclear bombs, they have the scariest military hardware there is...

11:09pmRobert

LOL!

At Toy R Us, we sell the best damn war toys money can buy!

I feel a blogworthy item...

11:10pmMe

Heh.

11:10pmRobert

Seriously, this exchange is blogworthy, IMHO.

;-);-)

11:11pmMe

Alrighty, so it shall be done!