Posted on 07/23/2004 10:21:05 AM PDT by BJungNan
Reagan's Defense Vision Takes First Step
Ground-based missile interceptor was installed Thursday in Alaska's Interior - the first component of a national defense system designed to shoot down enemy missiles. Crews at Fort Greely lowered the 55-foot-long, three-stage interceptor into one of six silos built behind a double perimeter fence reinforced by heavy barbed wire.
"We're coming to the end of an era where we have not been able to defend our country against long-range ballistic missile attacks," said Major Gen. John Holly, who heads the ground-based missile defense program for the Pentagon Missile Defense Agency.
Five additional interceptors will be installed at the 700-acre complex — another four at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California — by the end of the year. Ten more will be installed at Fort Greely by late 2005, launching the Bush administration's multibillion dollar system.
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RONNIE gave all = We have it all
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3466
...and that's ..OURSELVES.
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This made the local news. The first missile was shipped to Greeley by truck a couple months ago. It required processing to make it ready to go into the silo, and now it is being linked to satellite and ground-based sensors all around the world. It is probably posting on FR by now.
=== It is probably posting on FR by now.
lol ... any guesses on the handle?
Time to give NK an ultimatum right around Dec time frame.
I guess we'll have to see what China says about that.
It would be a new just-signed-up poster. Probably not a troll. :)
They pretty much can say nothing....
I only have one thing to say to Senator Pinhead: North Korea now has a missile capable of hitting American targets, possibly with a nuclear warhead, and It only takes one NUKE to ruin your whole day!
Yeah. Really Stupid of JFK. He is going to get us all killed if he is elected ....
this won't work=too easy to fool and overwhelm
Thank You Ronnie. Thank you so very much. May God Bless you and allow you to smile down upon us from time to time when you are riding about the free ranges of heaven on your favorite horse. We love you. Thank you for your time, the part of your life that you gave to us, and for the legacy that you left us ... your influence will continue to endure.
A lot of people said it was not possible to put a man on the moon. If it can be done - and I believe it can - America can do it. We have not yet lost that spirt, at least not some of us.
=== It would be a new just-signed-up poster. Probably not a troll. :)
Hey now ... you've been around long enough to know that ALL new posters are "probably" trolls!
hey you two... knock it off... (the love fest)
is this a missile thead or are you just happy to see each other?
al this casual talk of trolls is making the kids blush.
sorry couldn't resist.
(You have no idea how thrilled I was to find there was a "space ping list" ... I'll do my best to be good.)
"I'll do my best to be good."
another one for the Gipper!
Right, Kerry said the same thing about NASA. He is a walking, or windsurfing, or snowboarding, or mountain biking disaster waiting to happen.
B...but Star Wars defense is 'ludicrous', a 'boondoggle', and 'waste of money'! Besides, according to Kerry and company, we don't need anything like a missile defense system. We'll simply sit down with our enemies and talk things over. We'll give them incentives to stop killing us. Lots and lots of incentives...let's see...US sovereignty, individual freedom and rights guaranteed in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. No biggie.
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