02.13.10
Biggest Strapped-Down Chicken Test in Sky, Ever
‘Chicken’ = slow missile at short range.
John Pike, a defence analyst and founder of Virginia-based Global Security, said he doubted the test would change Gates’s view. “[Bob Gates] seemed to believe that there was no prospect of the plane engaging targets at ranges of several hundred kilometres, and that engagements at ranges of less than 100 kilometres were not militarily interesting,” he said.
The [Missile Defence Agency] statement did not specify what the range was during the test.
Ivan Oelrich, a physicist and vice-president for strategic security programmes at the Federation of American Scientists, said: “What would be interesting would be how far away it [the missile] is.” He said that to be useful, the laser would have to be able to shoot down missiles from at least 100 miles. It would also be expensive to keep one or more planes on stations waiting for a missile.
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Healthcare reform, working government, an economy that works for Americans instead of maiming them, no!
Billion dollar giant one-or-two-shot laser on 747, yes!
As Brad Paisley sings with no discernible regret, “Welcome to the Future.”
Skip ahead to 4 minutes in. Look at all the swells and beautiful people. Glory, glory Hallelujah.
Who’s that guy in the front row?