IP: THE FAITH-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE: What's New for May 11, 2001

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> 1. WEEKLY DISASTER REPORT: THE FAITH-BASED MISSILE DEFENSE.  Last
> week, you will recall, President Bush called for a global missile
> shield, including space-based elements, but he was pretty short
> on specifics(WN 4 May 01).  This week, Defense Secretary Donald
> Rumsfeld called a press conference to talk about military uses of
> space.  Many of us expected he would fill in some of the missing
> details from the President's speech.  He didn't.  Rumsfeld
> devoutly believes that an effective missile defense is out there
> somewhere, but neither he nor the President seems to have any
> idea of what the shield would involve or any evidence that such a
> thing is even feasible, much less what it would cost, when it
> might be deployed or whether it even has to work.   Rumsfeld
> wanted to talk about the management and organization of a new
> national-security space initiative; it would be given the task of
> filling in the missing details.  Not a bad strategy -- opponents
> of a missile shield are left with nothing specific to attack.



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