More on the Satellite Hit

I would have added this as an update but as you may have noticed the site went down for a while, including the posting software.

Here's the vid:

Cuffy Meigs is actually a contractor working with the Defense Missile Agency (rocket scientist, who knew? I always thought he was a fucking idiot, myself), and he takes stock of the implications of this success.

There is one thing people aren't noticing, though. A while ago -- I forgot where I heard it, but I did -- there was a poll or some sort of survey that demonstrated that while people favored missile defense, they also thought we already had a working missile defense system in place. Now, that's fucking moronic, but I have learned to understand that I live in a nation of people who are largely not... what's the word?... smart.

So I'm not sure how this success actually aids the cause of missile defense -- we have a nation of imbeciles who are sitting back thinking, "Oh, cool, that missile defense system we've had since the Spanish-American War is still working smoothly."

Also [Gabe]: Don't forget to thank your friendly, neighborhood defense contractor. That's a Raytheon missile at work.

posted by Ace at 02:01 PM

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