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Friday, December 08, 2006
Missile Defense Fails Again
Yep, I feel safe already with that missile defense system. What's that? Oh, it failed? Well, at the least the interceptors didn't fail in flight, they simply failed to launch. It would seem that those problems should be surmountable. The job of actually hitting the right target in the air, that's the tough part.
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But they did launch! Didn't you ever hear of Stealth? We dumped $100 billion into a Stealth elephant that silently trumpets and leaves no evidence of its passage.
Cf: Rocky and Bulwinkle and hushaboom - the silent explosive. Area 51 has elevated Brilliant Pebbles with diversity criteria. Don't eat the banana! Oops...
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