Every season there are millions of arm chair quarterbacks, ranting and raving on what would have been a better play on the field than the guy on the field called. Because I write what I happen to think about at the time I write this stuff, today I am going to play arm chair general.
Our military is currently concerned about our ability to shoot down intercontinental missiles - ICBMs. The track record in testing is not exactly comforting. If an ICBM is launched at us, can we shoot it down? "Maybe or maybe not." How many tries do we get?
Trying to shoot a missile is like trying to shoot a bullet with a bullet. Therefore, I have a question. In one of my previous lives, back in the 60s, I was stationed on a missile base. We were supposed to fire at enemy aircraft squadrons. Not single planes. The missiles we used simply flew to a designated altitude and location and blew up. It was the implosion from our missile that caused a bunch of planes to be sucked together and crash.
Technology has changed since then. Surely we can develop such a device that would take out an ICBM. You don’t have to hit it, just get close. And, since any good military man would send out decoys with the real thing, it is impossible to know which is the real one. My little plan would take them all out.
Right now we have about 36 interceptors according to the Missile Defense Agency of the Pentagon. Another test is to be done next week, over the Pacific.
If the ICBM gets low enough, I know a guy that would like to take a crack at it with a 22 caliber rifle.
A missile can’t be as fast as a squirrel running up a tree.
PMO
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