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From: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Phoenix Reliability
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Date: 17 Sep 89 10:07:44 GMT
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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 ....