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22 Aug 2012

thedorseyshawexperience:

This patch was designed as a generic insignia for “black” projects conducted by the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four (VX-4) based at Point Mugu, California .. The Latin phrase “Si Ego Certiorem Faciam…Mihi Tu Delendus Eris” roughly translates into a cliché commonly heard in the vicinity of “black” programs: “I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.” But the phrasing here is unusual because it is written in the passive voice: a more accurate translation of the Latin would be “I could tell you, but then you would have to be destroyed by me.”

thedorseyshawexperience:

This patch was designed as a generic insignia for “black” projects conducted by the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadron Four (VX-4) based at Point Mugu, California .. The Latin phrase “Si Ego Certiorem Faciam…Mihi Tu Delendus Eris” roughly translates into a cliché commonly heard in the vicinity of “black” programs: “I could tell you, but then I’d have to kill you.” But the phrasing here is unusual because it is written in the passive voice: a more accurate translation of the Latin would be “I could tell you, but then you would have to be destroyed by me.”

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