Politics: Steeee-rike!
Remember the Ballistic Missile Defense? That was where the Pentagon was going to spend literally tens of billions of dollars on some wild-eyed Reagan-era plan to try to hit one missile with another missile, like in a movie. The problem with this, as a dozen well-spoken opponents before me have pointed out, it's a lot like knocking a bullet out of the air with another bullet. The latest test to do just that didn't work. Noah Shachtman at Defensetech tells us why, and why it won't be getting better any time soon:
Yeah, use those tax dollars! We certainly don't need to pay off our deficit or anything!
Remember the Ballistic Missile Defense? That was where the Pentagon was going to spend literally tens of billions of dollars on some wild-eyed Reagan-era plan to try to hit one missile with another missile, like in a movie. The problem with this, as a dozen well-spoken opponents before me have pointed out, it's a lot like knocking a bullet out of the air with another bullet. The latest test to do just that didn't work. Noah Shachtman at Defensetech tells us why, and why it won't be getting better any time soon:
The problems faced by the Aegis BMD are to be expected, Samson continues. And they could be worked out over time -- if the Bush administration would allow it. Instead, the White House has insisted that 20 interceptors be added to three cruisers by the end of fiscal year 2004.
Yeah, use those tax dollars! We certainly don't need to pay off our deficit or anything!
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