BB> ...   
      
    PF>>> I'm not so much worried about a rocket from PRK as I am of a container   
    PF>>> ship full of plastic dog crap with a nuke hidden on board unloading in   
    PF>>> Long Beach or Oakland.   
      
    BB>> Yeah, that too.   
      
    BB>> But he seems to be focused on using a rocket, so we'll see   
    BB>> how that works out. Word is we have picket ships out there   
    BB>> to knock it down, but from all the tests we ran I'm not   
    BB>> impressed with just how effective that may be.   
      
    BK>>  And I believe you hit on the very reason they are not trying to   
    BK>>  knock down the missiles, if they miss it will be very   
    BK>>  embarrassing.   
      
    BB> I remember one test where they provided the exact   
    BB> coordinates of where the rocket will be, and they still   
    BB> missed it!   
      
    BB> Maybe the 'star wars' stuff has improved, let's hope so.   
      
    Yet, many years ago they managed to knock down a satellite with   
    a missile launched by a high flying jet. Funny how that works.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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