AIM-174 to be named....

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MikeKozlowski
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AIM-174 to be named....

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"Gunslinger".

I like it. A year or so back, the Powers That Be wouldn't have even given it a name, lest we offend one of the nations we would be shooting it at.

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MikeKozlowski wrote: Thu May 08, 2025 11:05 pm "Gunslinger".

I like it. A year or so back, the Powers That Be wouldn't have even given it a name, lest we offend one of the nations we would be shooting it at.

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Honestly, I'm trying to think of a historical non-PC name for a missile. Closest I can get is Red Hebe, and even that's only problematic because of a tertiary meaning and was a terrible design which never entered service.
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Huh ? Not 'Top Trump' ??
Oh, he's just gotta find, un-cap his EO pen...
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Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 11:15 am Huh ? Not 'Top Trump' ??
Oh, he's just gotta find, un-cap his EO pen...
HA!!!! That would be great! Although there is a card game out there called "Top Trumps" so there might be a copyright issue.

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Belushi TD wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 12:41 pm
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 11:15 am Huh ? Not 'Top Trump' ??
Oh, he's just gotta find, un-cap his EO pen...
HA!!!! That would be great! Although there is a card game out there called "Top Trumps" so there might be a copyright issue.

Belushi TD
Not copyright. Trademark.
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Pdf27 wrote: Fri May 09, 2025 6:09 am Honestly, I'm trying to think of a historical non-PC name for a missile. Closest I can get is Red Hebe, and even that's only problematic because of a tertiary meaning and was a terrible design which never entered service.
I think we should bring back the Rainbow Codes. Nothing worse than Fox-3 being called as a brace of Blue Bunnies climb into the stratosphere.
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MikeKozlowski wrote: Thu May 08, 2025 11:05 pm "Gunslinger".

I like it. A year or so back, the Powers That Be wouldn't have even given it a name, lest we offend one of the nations we would be shooting it at.

Mike
Nice. It beats JATM!
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