Star Wars Redux

A little more on the missile defense. This is so cool.

"[T]he Bush administration is reportedly poised to ask Congress
to fund the development of 'orbital battle stations,' each of
which will be able to shoot down ballistic missiles with 40 or 50
infra-red guided projectiles the size of a loaf of bread. Such a
system is necessary not just to defend satellites, but millions of
people... Iran already has missiles that can reach Israel, which
could be armed with chemical or biological weapons even if Iran is
still incapable of building a nuclear warhead. The Arrow missile,
while better than nothing, is not as effective as a boost-phase
defense that would shoot down missiles as they are launched from
an aggressor state. Moreover, the missile threat is growing, not
going away. In 1972, eight countries had long-range ballistic
missiles. Today, 20 countries do. If any clarification were
necessary, the recent war in Lebanon showcased the missile as the
'equalizer' for rogue states and their terrorist proxies. And while
ABM systems may be of limited use against short-range missiles,
it is the long-range missiles that pose a possible existential
threat. In this context, we hope administration opponents in
Congress will abandon their anachronistic opposition to space-based
defense systems. The option of 'demilitarizing' space does not
exist. The choice is between leaving the populations of free
nations exposed to missile attack, or taking advantage of the
best technologies available to meet that threat." ---Jerusalem Post

I just can't WAIT to see what objections to this the Democrats will come up with.

The Gunslinger