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January 14, 2005

Mine is not to question why...

... Mine is just to do or die. Or so the logic seems to be.

"The Pentagon may never publicly declare that its new missile defense system is fully ready to defend against long-range missiles aimed at the United States, but it already has a limited capability against a small-scale attack, a Pentagon official said Thursday." - AP

A limited capability? Given what we know thus far, that "capability" appears to be equal to any other unguided missle capable of reaching the same altitude. Which is to say that there is always a remote possibility that if you're throwing enough flak in the way then you're bound to hit something... sooner or later. In terms of capability this $y$tem doesn't appear to be any more capable of intercepting a missle than a conventional anti-aircraft gun is of connecting with a fighter jet.

The important thing here is that you not question any aspect of this extremely expensive, heretofore unworkable missle system. The important thing, obviously, is that you feel safe.

Now be a good little sheep and go graze somewhere.

Posted by Kevin at January 14, 2005 12:57 PM