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OrbOperator|8.30.06 @ 2:27AM|#
Reason's David Weigel Believes in EastCoast BMD
Weigel is guest-blogging at the Daily Dish,
http://time.blogs.com/daily_dish/2006/08/cant_sleep_iran.html
and he writes:
"I have trouble believing that one missile could make the 6000-mile journey from the Middle East to New York City and we 1)wouldn't know where it came from and 2)wouldn't be able to stop it."
Despite email from moi to Daily Dish, and comment to Reason's HitAndRun, Weigel has not explained how he would propose to "stop" a ballistic missile from JihadLand to NYC. Only a ballistic missile has a 6000-mile trajectory, and as far as I know, there is no operational ballistic missile defense for the east coast of the USA against a transatlantic attack. [There _is_ a nominal BMD on the USA west coast.]
Dave, post a mea culpa, or an explanation, or something, please! Or be like Sullivan, and ignore criticism.
|8.30.06 @ 8:51AM|#
supposedly part of the missile defense shield is supported by aegis missile cruisers, which should not rule out covering the east coast in the event of a launch. plus no one is positing that the islamists have access to long range ballistic missiles (and if they ever do hopefully israel will airstrike their facility like they did to iraq's nuclear program at osirak in the 80's)
|8.30.06 @ 2:29PM|#
dear jackasses: this thread is about a Jacob Sullum story on William Hurwitz