"Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stepped down inside a missile silo here yesterday to get an up-close look at the system he says will protect the United States from an intercontinental ballistic missile threat."
"Gates acknowledged on the way here today during a stop in the Philippines that there are signs the North Koreans are “doing something” with another ballistic missile, but said it is unclear what they are doing. But he expressed confidence that this system could stop any potential threat from North Korea."
Not as long as Zero is the Teleprompter in Chief and refuses to use it.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stepped down inside a missile silo here yesterday to get an up-close look at the system he says will protect the United States from an intercontinental ballistic missile threat.Hey, no effing way, Obama has said that missile defense has been a failure. Oh, NOW, as North Korea becomes a clear and present danger, with Iran right behind, I see...
As an aside, if any of you ever visit Tucson, be sure to head about 10 miles South on the Freeway and pay a visit to the Titan II Missile Museum, to see the last part of the missile system that defended America for 40 years.
http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/
They have a very classy visitors center, and you can take a guided tour of the underground command and control center, and see a 5-story tall dummy missile still in the silo.
And ironically, it is just a two miles away from the over 300-year-old, but still in use, Mission San Xavier del Bac, the most photographed building in Arizona, church and Catholic elementary school.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Xavier_del_Bac