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US 'to launch bombs from unmanned spacecraft' By Tom Leonard, New York The Pentagon is looking to space as the next frontier in its quest for absolute military supremacy. It is planning a new generation of sub-orbital bombers able to strike anywhere in the world "within minutes". The Falcon programme will this year test a launcher for its Common Aero Vehicle (CAV), an unmanned spacecraft that would travel five times the speed of sound and carry 1,000 pounds of bombs and intelligence sensors, the House armed services committee has been told. Defence chiefs expect the CAV to be ready by...

Six months ago, Free Republic was riding high, and I was proud to be a part of it. It was coming off having blown the cover off of Dan Rather’s use of forged memos against the President. The President was well on his way to winning re-election. It was a great time to be a Freeper. However, things have changed. It started with the justifiable removal of ALIPAC. I supported that move by Jim Robinson, but the ugliness directed towards Alberto Gonzales. He was accused of everything under the sun, and Senator Mel Martinez was viciously attacked for speaking Spanish...