The coalition of the geniuses will be very upset at the American success.
The Canadian Liberals, and Osama bin Laden, Carolyn Parrish, Svend Robinson (and his Uncle Jack Layton), Fidel Castro, Kim Jung Il—and the rest of the coalition of geniuses won’t be showing any of that famous lefty love and compassion and tolerance today as American scientists toast (probably with tea) their success in shooting down a scud missile posing as a threat.
Hey and whadyaknow, I found this story on Fox News Channel‘s web site. Those Canadians who are astute enough to have signed up for Fox News Channel (now unbanned in Canada thanks to folks like us and available through Rogers Cable, Shaw Cable, Cogeco Cable, or StarChoice satellite service) will probably be a day ahead of me on this story—this is mostly for the lame among us who only get the usual liberal-only news.
Defense Missile Shoots Down Target
Thursday, February 24, 2005WASHINGTON — An experimental naval interceptor shot down a short-range ballistic missile target during a test over the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, missile defense officials said.
It is the fifth kill in six tries for the interceptor, called a Standard Missile-3, said Rick Lehner, a spokesman for the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency.
During the test, a target ballistic missile, similar to a Scud, was launched from the island of Kauai at 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The USS Lake Erie, a cruiser equipped with the Aegis radar system and stationed 100 miles offshore, tracked the ballistic missile and then fired the interceptor to shoot it down. Two minutes later, the missiles collided.
The SM-3 interceptor will be deployed on ships later this year, Lehner said.
Also involved in the test was the Aegis destroyer USS Russell, which tested some of its missile-tracking systems.
The SM-3 doesn’t have the range of the experimental land-based national missile defenses located in Alaska and California, and it is envisioned for use in protecting allies or U.S. forces from short-range ballistic missiles launched over a body of water. Potential scenarios where it could see action include missiles fired by North Korea at Japan, or by China at Taiwan.
However, the tracking system on some naval vessels is designed to assist in hunting intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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