Re: X-33 & X-34 Projects Terminated

[Alberto Monteiro]

Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
>
>> <sarcasm>
>> The anti-missile shield is important for the future of the USA, because
>> it enables the USA to strike the Evil Empire [be it USSR, China, Iraq, or
>> a unified Europe] without being hit back.
>> </sarcasm>
>
>Sarcasm?  I thought that was the whole and explicit point of the piece of
>rubbish.
>
<serious>
I hope the idea is the prevention of a nuclear strike - not the ability to
destroy half the world in prevention. After all, the Empire didn't use
the nukes when they had the monopoly of nukes.
</serious>


Alberto Monteiro