[Labyrinthos]

Many of the posters there discuss military threats- particularly threats from the former Soviet Union. For example, during the Russian exercise several missiles failed. They question whether the missiles were, in fact, set up to fail- so as to deceive us into thinking Russia is weak.

My turn to go way, way out on the tinfoil limb: Suppose we are the ones who made the missiles fail? Russia wants to show the world that she still has teeth, and we kind of snicker, and say, "Teeth that are twenty years old... watch this." The next thing you know we're zapping out their satellite communications systems and suddenly, the damn missiles don't work.

[TBall]

Or what if China is much more technically advanced than we know and disrupted the exercise with their Kung Pow beam and made it look like America was the culprit?

[rickylc]

My turn to go way, way out on the tinfoil limb: Suppose we are the ones who made the missiles fail? Russia wants to show the world that she still has teeth, and we kind of snicker, and say, "Teeth that are twenty years old... watch this." The next thing you know we're zapping out their satellite communications systems and suddenly, the damn missiles don't work.

I don't think that's very far out on the tinfoil limb. As I remember it, the first reports of the failure of the launches were that a signal was blocked by a satellite, but they didn't say WHOSE satellite.

The next thing you know, Russia is saying they never launched a missile, so there was no malfunction.

Just saving face on faulty technology or covering up that they got ZOTTED?

Follow that with the braggadocios remarks on their successful launch the following day of a missile that "could penetrate ANY missile defense system"

I like thinking that we may have sent them a not so subtle message ;)

[Domestic Church]

" we're zapping out their satellite communications systems and suddenly, the damn missiles don't work.

I think we did it too...want some reynolds wrap?

[Calpernia]

Bump! I think the same thing!