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DIY Cruise Missile Grounded

Posted by michael on from the shot-down-in-a-blaze-of-glory dept.

PSaltyDS writes "The DIY Cruise Missile project from New Zealand has been previously covered on /., but the BBC now reports that Bruce Simpson has been forced to shutdown by his government. His project web site says 'The New Zealand government has moved aggressively to shut down this project -- and by using quite unscrupulous methods which appear to be in breach of the law.'"

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  1. Well, we now know by jonbryce · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    there are two things a cruise missile can't defend against.

    1. The tax man
    2. A slashdotting

  2. Trying a troll here .... by Adam_Trask · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apparently ...
    Slashdot requires you to wait 20 seconds between hitting 'reply' and submitting a comment.
    It's been 18 seconds since you hit 'reply'!
     Jeez!!

  3. Re:Darn! by PReDiToR · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Being here a long time obviously makes you unfunny.

    I for one welcome our new unfunny overlords.

    --

    Do not meddle in the affairs of geeks for they are subtle and quick to anger
  4. Re:Open source military hardware? by Shardis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Simple, he doesn't include the controller software. He says so in at least a few different places...