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!
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