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U.S. to Test Its Missile Defense System - "Hello Dear Leader"
2004-12-08
Posted by:Frank G

#3  The Left is out to protect Communism-centric Russia-China, Globalist Socialism, SWO and Mackinder's "World Island" Concept at any price, even iff the Western Lefts have to immolate themselves - notice I say "Western Lefts", eg FRANCE and US DEMSLEFT, while the CP's in Russia-China work to preserve themselves and modernize their economies and nuke arsenals. Under Dubya, the USA is de facto going full ahead with GMD - all one has to do is look up to the dark heavens. Iff the US successfully expands GMD unto the democracies in East Asia and Eastern Europe/CENASIA, RUSSIA, CHINA AND THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNIST PARTIES/BUREAUCRACIES ARE IMPLOSION MEAT - Chicom East Asian hegemony and Russian Eurasian hegemony, let alone GLOBAL HEGEMONY under anti-USA/WEstern OWG, IS HISTOIRE', NADA, FINIS', while their collusory mercs Radical Islam would had sacrificed all their fighting manpower and "credibility" for nothing!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2004-12-08 8:42:14 PM  

#2  AMRAAM was far too complex to ever work. Congress nearly killed it several times in the 80s.

The M-1 tank was far too thirsty and a turbine would never work in the desert sand.

Two or three B-17 prototypes crashed, killing several people. It was obviously too big to go into production.

Heck, President Truman's science advisor said that the idea of putting a nuclear weapon on a rocket would never work.
Posted by: jackal   2004-12-08 8:27:35 PM  

#1  "Critics charge the technology is neither ready nor affordable, and say it fails to address the greater threat of weapons of mass destruction brought into the country by terrorists or other means."

First, if they had listened to the critics, the Wright brothers would have remained two unknown bike mechanics in Ohio. As to "affordable," lets compare the cost with, say, the total destruction of Seattle, or LA, etc.

The biggest hurdle to any new system is to actually get fielded. Once you have something in place, even if initially imperfect, improvements and upgrades generally quickly follow.

Finally, saying we shouldn't address one threat because there's some other threat out there is just silly. The "critics" appear to be in need of a heavy duty Cluebat session.
Posted by: PBMcL   2004-12-08 5:09:07 PM  

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