werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) (09/17/89)
From: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
> Phoenix. The electronics work, so practice would be unnecessary.
hmmm, George, what was I watching then in yesterday's TV-news
on all major networks? That unreliable parts have been used in
practically all missile systems, but especially the Phoenix,
raising doubts that they are useful at all.
This after a failed Phoenix test finally led to persistent
probing which revealed that the part in question was reported
to be unreliable and lacking quality ensurance tests since 1985.
Go figure ....gwh%earthquake.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) (09/19/89)
From: gwh%earthquake.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (George William Herbert) In article <27305@amdcad.AMD.COM> werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) writes: > > >hmmm, George, what was I watching then in yesterday's TV-news >on all major networks? That unreliable parts have been used in >practically all missile systems, but especially the Phoenix, >raising doubts that they are useful at all. > >This after a failed Phoenix test finally led to persistent >probing which revealed that the part in question was reported >to be unreliable and lacking quality ensurance tests since 1985. > >Go figure .... These missiles have been hitting targets in testing since they were first made. I think that the part's unreliability is being blown all out of porportion by the media. [ed. there may be a similar other aricle by me on the way or there. I had a system prolbem. ignore one it there are two...]