Word: silos
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...been removed, supposedly to improve the system's reliability. A 2004 test failed because an error in one line of computer code kept the interceptor grounded. The most recent failure, in February 2005, happened after two of the three arms that hold the interceptor in place in its silo didn't fully retract during launch because a part had corroded. The Missile Defense Agency penalized the Boeing Co., the system's developer, $107 million for the string of snafus. Pentagon audits also slammed Raytheon Corp., which builds the $40 million interceptor, for shoddy work. "The contractor cannot build a consistent...
...Nacogdoches, a hand and leg in San Augustine. NASA told everyone to stay away from the debris, that it could kill you, but the agency mainly wants a chance to gather the evidence and deter grave robbers. NASA buried all the remains of the Challenger in an old missile silo and sealed it with tons of concrete so the remains would never be auctioned...
...offices where the grandiloquent Everett Dirksen used to cut deals and drink bourbon. Dirksen was the ultimate Senate creature, as smooth and pliable as the leather chairs in the cloakroom. But Bob Dole has not been captured by his surroundings. He is still off there standing up like a silo on the Kansas prairie. He could be blown down by the political winds. But shouldering against the hot gusts in Washington sometimes builds strength...
...alleged Soviet violations. Work will be accelerated on the small single-warhead mobile missile known as the Midgetman and on an advanced radar-evading cruise missile. He proposed a study of yet another new mobile missile, dubbed Mobileman, which would be about the size of the 78,000-lb. silo-based Minuteman...
...mature, $70 billion-a-year business; it can't grow as fast as it did when it was young and nimble. The company is known for fiefdoms and fierce battles between content units and hardware departments over compatibility, copyright and distribution issues. "You have to break down the silo walls that helped iTunes [Apple's online music store] clean our clock," says Stringer. "You've got to collect people who buy in to change-and if they don't, you have to move them. In the U.S., we cut 9,000 jobs and $700 million out of the budget. That...