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February 15, 2005
"Missile Defense" Fails Another Test
This one didn't even get out of the silo:
A test of the national ballistic missile defense system failed Monday when an interceptor missile didn't get out of its silo, the second failure in as many months....
The Dec. 15 test was the first in two years. Before that, the program had gone five-for-eight in attempts to intercept a target. Missile defense officials say each test costs $85 million.
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Bush proposes to spend $8.8 billion on ballistic missile defense programs in his 2006 plan, down from $9.9 billion authorized for 2005.
Meanwhile, they're cutting foodstamps for poor families and health insurance for kids.
Posted by zeynep at February 15, 2005 01:03 AM
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But, Zeynep, without a missile defense shield, those kids would be DEAD if someone were to launch a nuclear weapon at us! Instead of just sick and hungry.
Posted by: saurabh at February 15, 2005 07:21 PM
The missile defense thingy was never supposed to work, it's just an excuse so that the gov't can handout billions and billions to the military industrial complex.
Posted by: Mikhail Capone at February 16, 2005 12:07 PM