Missile defense still doesn't work

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Post #48,162 by JayMehaffey 8/5/02 12:33:12 PM Reply	Missile defense still doesn't work [link\|http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43890-2002Aug4.html\|Washington Post] The PAC-3, successor to the Patriot system, still can't hit anything reliably. Doesn't bode well for the even more complex national defense system. Jay
Post #48,182 by Brandioch 8/5/02 1:52:32 PM Reply	KISS Speaking at length for the first time about the test results, military officials insisted many of the problems were attributable to bad luck, citing Murphy's Law that if anything can go wrong, it will. Okay, if it doesn't work in TESTING, there is NO WAY it will work in DEPLOYMENT. Under testing, you have MORE control over the variables (human stupidity being the biggest) than you will EVER have in the Real World (tm). This is a failure at our current technological level.
Post #48,191 by SpiceWare 8/5/02 2:49:51 PM Reply	But it will someday afterall, I saw it on [link\|http://www.curemode.com/battlestar/bgeprev22.htm\|TV] :-) Adama orders battlestations sounded, and the battlestar's lasers to destroy the arcing missiles. "We must destroy every single missile," Adama orders Omega (David Greenham). The Galactica is successful: all the Nationalist and Alliance missiles are destroyed above Terra's atmosphere. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://home.houston.rr.com/spiceware/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

Missile defense still doesn't work - (JayMehaffey) - (2) - Aug. 5, 2002, 12:33:12 PM EDT

KISS - (Brandioch) - Aug. 5, 2002, 01:52:32 PM EDT

But it will someday - (SpiceWare) - Aug. 5, 2002, 02:49:51 PM EDT

Well, yes, because everyone knows that having an Italian travertine fireplace in just one color is gauche.
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