Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!looking!watmath!maytag!oddjob!watserv1!looking!funny-request From: st891831@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (BANE) Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny Subject: more army blunders Keywords: true, smirk Message-ID: Date: 28 Jan 91 00:30:06 GMT Organization: Brandeis University Lines: 14 Approved: funny@looking.on.ca The message about the Bear vs. Tank incident reminded me of something that happened a few years back. I don't remember the name or call-letters/numbers of the machine in question, but there was an anti-aircraft gun that the government stopped production on after spending just over a billion dollars on it. It was designed to shoot down helicopters, and hence was programmed to target rotating blades. During a test of the tageting system, it ignored all of its intended targets, and zeroed in on a nearby bathroom exhaust fan. While the technicians attempted to abort the firing sequence, that wing of the building was quickly evacuated. -- Edited by Brad Templeton. MAIL your jokes (jokes ONLY) to funny@looking.ON.CA Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. If you don't need an auto-reply, submit to rhf@looking.on.ca instead.