[jerseygirl]

All these practice runs and "mock" tests- it makes me wonder if we are on a hairtrigger alert stage, and need to present this as only a "practice." (Like the COG exercise right around Christmas.)

[oceanview]

well, they have to do something with all these homeland security dollars being spent. I sure as heck want them to conduct drills. They conduct launch drills on nuclear submarines all the time, that doesn't mean they expect to launch the missiles.