> > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 1 23:37:31 2001 > > > > Hello fellow cynics > > As you probably know America recently conducted a Star Wars test where > it > "successfully" shot down a target missile. > > After two previous failures there was a lot of political pressure for a > succesful test, and sure enough the last one worked. When I heard that > I > thought to myself "I bet they rigged it". > > Well, they did. The target missile was carrying a GPS unit transmitting > it's location to the interceptor missile. I'm here - shoot me! > > There's a Salon story here: > http://www.salon.com/news/col/cona/2001/07/31/test/ > > and further links here: > http://slashdot.org/articles/01/07/31/2352230.shtml > > Star Wars - I fell safer already... > > A > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= * PLEASE do not post offensive jokes * List info and instructions are available at http://harbinger.sirma.bg/lists/jokes.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
