Thought you might like to see it, I'm a bit HTML challenged, so I can't post it here.

-- Deborah (infowars@yahoo.com), October 03, 1999

Answers

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-- Mike Lang (webflier@erols.com), October 03, 1999.

Cool! Thanks Deborah. Anybody know whether the kill vehicle hit the missile as planned? That's another one of those things we'll probably never get the truth about.

-- @ (@@@.@), October 03, 1999.

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Holy cow! That was gone fast! There is a blinking headline on the right side of the Drudge Report that linked to a story stating that the test was in fact a success & the kill vehicle did intercept the 'dummy' missle target.

-- Deborah (infowars@yahoo.com), October 03, 1999.

"You may dispense with the pleasantries...I'm here to put you back on schedule".

"My men are working as fast as they can."

"Perhaps I can find new ways to 'motivate' them".

"I tell you, this missle defense system will be operational as planned."

"The Emperor does not share your optimistic appraisal of the situation".

"But he asks the impossible, with all the Y2K glitches in our defense computers, the lack of IT remediators, the increased threats of ICBM's from China, North Korea and Russia...not to mention the bio-terrorist cells from Bin-Laden,,,we're stretched a bit thin here. I need more funding and more men".

"Perhaps you can tell him when he arrives"

"The Empreor is coming here?"

"That is correct commander, and he is most displeased with your apparent lack of progress."

"We shall double our efforts."

"I hope so commander for YOUR sake. Emperor Clinton is not as forgiving as I am."

--Lord Vader to Star Wars Intercept Commander on the test fire of the so-called anti-ballistic missle defense shield.

Pray she works, or we might all need to brush up on our Mandarin.

-- INVAR (gundark@sw.net), October 03, 1999.

May the Force be with you INVAR.

-- Deborah (infowars@yahoo.com), October 03, 1999.

Now it works, go figure:

Washington Post

-- Deborah (infowars@yahoo.com), October 03, 1999.

Wow! 16,000 mph...Kaboom!! Wonder if it was a heat-seeker or what? Even if it missed they'd probably say it hit just so the Russkies wouldn't thing we were getting slack. Them Russkies have been toying around with us lately to see if they might be able to catch us off guard haven't they? Thanks Deb.

-- @ (@@@.@), October 03, 1999.

The Force is strong with that one...

-- Billy-Boy (Rakkasn@Yahoo.com), October 03, 1999.

hmmm, yes we seem to be the bully on the block with the biggest toys.

You test your missles and have your parades....look what we have.

Show offs. ;-)

BTW @ I don't think we would have made a pulic show of this test unless we were quite certain it wouldn't fail. It's probably been tested quietly many times. IMO it's all a show.

-- Deborah (infowars@yahoo.com), October 03, 1999.

March 30, 1999: "An anti-missile missile failed for the sixth time to hit a flying target, and the prime contractor will have to pay the government $15 million for the miss. It was not immediately known why the Theater High-Altitude Area Defense missile failed to intercept the target missile. Because the THAAD missile has repeatedly failed to hit its target, Congress revised its contract with Lockheed Martin Corp., making the company financially liable for any misses." Sarasota Herald Tribune.

-- (Oxsys@aol.com), October 03, 1999.

FWIW, The last two THAAD tests have been successful hits.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), October 03, 1999.

Now if we could just figure out a way to get the .gov to shell out $15 million to taxpayers for each Y2k failure of a mission critical they designated as compliant...

-- RUOK (RUOK@yesiam.com), October 03, 1999.