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TomZart
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THE MISSILES ARE COMING


I stare at the dust as it tries not to fall,
Swirling in the sun streams from the windows on the wall.
Down in the valley ring lonely church bells;
Sounding their message as the devil’s brood swells.

The missiles are coming though I can’t tell you when;
As they drop down upon us our lifestyles shall end.
You can hide underground or fly far away;
Their lingering fallout will find you someday.

No more small children shall toddle off to schools,
Because of mistakes of grownup mad fools.
Believing in space men and the ships, which they fly,
You can bet as it happens, they’ll watch it and cry

The generals are playing a death game of dare;
With missiles in the silos and bombs in the air.
There’ll be time for anger, there’ll be time for greed,
But the time shall be lost for planting the seed.


By Tom Zart
 
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scooter_mech
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The missiles are coming, today today.

The missiles are comming, today today.

The missiles are comming, today today.

And we're all going to fry, today today!

Hey! I'm a poet and didn't even know it!!
 
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PastNikeVet1
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TomZart ever hear of the ring of fire or NikeHurcules ?

Those folks that served may have been the reason for keeping the fallout from having fallen.

Just some food for thought (Thanks CONUS NIKE UNITS)

Glen
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scooter_mech
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Originally posted by PastNikeVet1:
TomZart ever hear of the ring of fire or NikeHurcules ?

Those folks that served may have been the reason for keeping the fallout from having fallen.

No doubt they served the country well but the primary reason was MAD. Mutually Assured Destruction. Not even the Soviet Union would risk it.

Just some food for thought (Thanks CONUS NIKE UNITS)

Glen
UNDIQUE VENIMUS
 
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PastNikeVet1
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Sorry my good friend the Herc like pershing was a tactacl round 2-4-40K not a ICBM and unlike the pershing it could have or would have been used to intercept ICBM's in its air defence role Smile

Glen
 
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Migbuster
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Originally posted by PastNikeVet1:
Sorry my good friend the Herc like pershing was a tactacl round 2-4-40K not a ICBM and unlike the pershing it could have or would have been used to intercept ICBM's in its air defence role Smile

Glen



Were you a 16B or 24U with Herk?
 
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AirDefndr1968
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Originally posted by scooter_mech:
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Originally posted by PastNikeVet1:
TomZart ever hear of the ring of fire or NikeHurcules ?

Those folks that served may have been the reason for keeping the fallout from having fallen.

No doubt they served the country well but the primary reason was MAD. Mutually Assured Destruction. Not even the Soviet Union would risk it.

Just some food for thought (Thanks CONUS NIKE UNITS)

Glen
UNDIQUE VENIMUS
The way I seem to remember it, we had ARADCOM and NIKE to "guard our skies from enemy surpise". Then along came Nixon and after he dismantled our air defenses, then we went MAD. But as long as we had our air defenses, mutual destruction was NOT assured.
 
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