Government Auctions

[drumminpilot]

So I was bored at work today, and was messing around on the net, when I found a government run military surplus auction site off of firstgov.gov. I found some of the catagories pretty interesting. Here's a sample:

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1080 Camouflage and Deception Equipment
1115 Nuclear Warheads and Warhead Sections
1135 Fuzing and Firing Devices, Nuclear Ordnance
1337 Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Explosive Propulsion Units, Solid Fuel; and Components
1338 Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Inert Propulsion Units, Solid Fuel; and Components.
1450 Guided Missile Handling and Servicing Equipment
1810 Space Vehicles
1820 Space Vehicle Components
1830 Space Vehicle Remote Control Systems
1840 Space Vehicle Launchers
1850 Space Vehicle Handling and Servicing Equipment
2350 Combat, Assault, and Tactial Vehicles, Tracked
4960 Space Vehicle Maintenance, Repair, and Checkout Specialized Equipment

 

[BobDDuck]

All of the stuff is "demilled" (I think that is the right word). Meaning anything that can fire/blowup is safed in some way. Although I have heard stories of stuff slipping through the cracks, for the most part you are bidding on scrap. Not to say some good buys can't be had, but commercial auction houses tend to snatch up most of the good stuff in huge lots and then sell it off at market price.

Ethan

 

[drumminpilot]

Yeah, I was more pointing out the catagories for "nuclear weapons/warheads", and "space vehicles"

Not that they'd ever sell anything of that sort, I just thought it was funny that they had a catagory for it.

 

[tonyw]

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1115 Nuclear Warheads and Warhead Sections
1135 Fuzing and Firing Devices, Nuclear Ordnance

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You know, I just saw a new guy register on Ebay. Saddam001 or something like that?

 

[davidhigbie]

drummin guy- thats a great avatar, you stole my idea...yay! I tried to load one up from comedy central.com and JC just wouldnt take it, oh well. uno, dos, tres, yay!

 

[drumminpilot]

David - Thanks man.... I'd have to say that "Ed" has been the inspiration for many a prank call. I mean, not that I'd ever make prank calls......

On a side note: I still can't find the category for "Sharks with frickin' laser beams"