• @sxt
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    651 year ago

    They really named the missiles “attack 'ems” huh

      • @wwaxen
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        2311 months ago

        Fully Knowledgeable Missile System.

        You know, because it knows where it is.

        • @whileloop
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          911 months ago

          Precisely because it knows where it isn’t!

    • corq
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      1011 months ago

      I’ve only ever been a government contractor, never military myself, but you quickly learn that some acronyms were destined to be enunciated as-is, rather than spelt out.

      “ATACMS” was just so natural