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SteamWake
10-01-10, 12:47 PM
With frozen mice wearing 'party streamers' :o

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/10/01/navy-bombs-guam-dead-mice/?test=latestnews
Oberon
10-01-10, 01:18 PM
Gives the B2s something to do I guess :haha:
bookworm_020
10-01-10, 07:12 PM
Good luck to them!

I can hear the call "Rat's Away!"
TLAM Strike
10-01-10, 07:30 PM
I hope none of the payload fails to drop. Hate to know what a formally frozen dead rat smells like after a week.
breadcatcher101
10-01-10, 07:40 PM
It would be interesting to see what type of nose art the planes had. Do they even do that anymore?
TLAM Strike
10-01-10, 08:05 PM
It would be interesting to see what type of nose art the planes had. Do they even do that anymore?

They sure do...

http://img693.imageshack.us/img693/8059/800pxac130azraelangelof.th.jpg (http://img693.imageshack.us/i/800pxac130azraelangelof.jpg/)
^ The camels are obvious what WTF is the crab for? :haha:

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4889/449pxnoseartb527.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/i/449pxnoseartb527.jpg/)
^ one of the best I've ever seen. Whoever did that could make lots of money as an artist.

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5064/800px2007014.th.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/i/800px2007014.jpg/)
Not sure what this aircraft is, but it has a lot of gizmos. :hmmm:

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/6889/bunkerart.th.jpg (http://img178.imageshack.us/i/bunkerart.jpg/)
^This one was on a wall of an A-10 squadron's barracks. My personal favorite. :up:
krashkart
10-01-10, 09:43 PM
http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5064/800px2007014.th.jpg (http://img525.imageshack.us/i/800px2007014.jpg/)
Not sure what this aircraft is, but it has a lot of gizmos. :hmmm:

I'm thinking that's either a B-52G or H.
August
10-01-10, 09:47 PM
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4889/449pxnoseartb527.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/i/449pxnoseartb527.jpg/)
^ one of the best I've ever seen. Whoever did that could make lots of money as an artist.

That would be a guy named Frank Frazetta I believe and yeah he did. That particular one was for an album cover.
krashkart
10-01-10, 10:06 PM
That's a familiar name. Thought the artwork looked familiar, too. :)
SteamWake
10-01-10, 10:17 PM
I hope none of the payload fails to drop. Hate to know what a formally frozen dead rat smells like after a week.

I dont think they were dead, rather froze to almost dead
TLAM Strike
10-01-10, 10:29 PM
I dont think they were dead, rather froze to almost dead

Title of article:
Navy Bombs Guam With Dead Frozen Mice
Admiral8Q
10-02-10, 04:13 AM
By outfitting the mice with cardboard wings and green party streams, the bait could float down to the jungle and catch on the branches.http://forum.piratesahoy.net//public/style_emoticons/default/8q.gif
Oberon
10-02-10, 08:50 AM
They sure do...

I love the barrack art. There's some examples at Bentwaters and Parham airfields from WWII and the Cold War, it's brilliant stuff.
Platapus
10-02-10, 12:18 PM
Well this is an innovative solution to the problem. :yeah:

I wonder if some other animal that we don't want to get rid of, might eat these poisoned rats?
Oberon
10-02-10, 01:00 PM
Well this is an innovative solution to the problem. :yeah:

I wonder if some other animal that we don't want to get rid of, might eat these poisoned rats?

Rat is Haraam isn't it? :hmmm:
CaptainMattJ.
10-02-10, 01:03 PM
it wont necessarily work. They should be alive. snakes love helpless, LIVING prey. Dont think theyd try to eat a cold drugged mouse.
August
10-02-10, 01:52 PM
it wont necessarily work. They should be alive. snakes love helpless, LIVING prey. Dont think theyd try to eat a cold drugged mouse.


That's what I was wondering. Does a creature who senses heat even see a cold dead mouse as food?
Takeda Shingen
10-02-10, 02:35 PM
A friend of mine keeps a pair of snakes. He has to feed them live food, or they will not eat.
The Third Man
10-02-10, 03:40 PM
Before the end of his presidency Barack Obama will apologige for the mice.
Takeda Shingen
10-02-10, 03:47 PM
Thank you, @mbassador.
SteamWake
10-02-10, 03:59 PM
I dont know I am still left with the impression that the mice were 'drugged' and frozen till nearly dead.

I mean why bother to "fit them with cardboard wings"?

Yes I know what the press said.
The Third Man
10-02-10, 04:01 PM
I dont know I am still left with the impression that the mice were 'drugged' and frozen till nearly dead.

I mean why bother to "fit them with cardboard wings"?

Yes I know what the press said.

Why do it at all? Part of the stimulus package? Wasted money.