On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:16 AM, Bruce Sorge <[email protected]> wrote:
> > As much as I do not like Obama and over 90% of his policies, I have to > admit that yesterdays speech about scrapping the missile defense shield > in Europe is a smart move. I was never really a big fan of this system > as I thought it was unnecessary. His current plan of using ships for > potential threats by Iran is a lot smarter and much more cost effective. > We have plenty of Patriot missile systems all over the world and this > system has proven to work. We already have ships so the initial cost > outlay has been realized. Use what we have rather than build expensive > and redundant systems. Nice job Mr. Prez. Now if he could only apply the > same common sense to other things we will be in good shape. > > We don't need it anymore basically. The Boeing Advanced Tactical Laser system is starting to kick into high gear! Who needs a missile defense shield when you can just keep one hovvering around town waiting for targets to beam out of existence! http://blogs.kansas.com/aviation/2009/09/11/boeings-airborne-laser-completes-first-flight-test-against-target-missile/ Boeings Airborne Laser completes first flight test against target missile Boeing <http://www.boeing.com/>s heavily modified 747-400F aircraft used in its Airborne Laser program successfully completed its first in-flight test against an instrumented target missile, marking a major milestone for the program, officials said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304424 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
