the Sugar Conspiracy

Monday, December 13, 2004

Rain, rain, go away, little Georgie wants to play

The first flight test in nearly two years of a planned U.S. missile-defense shield has been scrapped two days in a row this week because of bad weather, the Pentagon said on Friday.

Strong rain squalls over the Kwajalein atoll launch site in the central Pacific caused the latest postponement, Richard Lehner, a spokesman for the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency, said shortly after the decision to scrap the test. A new attempt might be made later in the day, he said.

The Pentagon had not previously publicized the test.

An exercise deemed successful may set the stage for President Bush to declare the system on alert to shoot down a warhead that could be fired by a potential foe like North Korea.

But only if it's not raining.

(via Tom.)

posted by chris at 1:43 PM
------------------

Blog - Info - Archive - Contact - Links
2005 © Designed by Chris. Take what you want.