God bless Ronald Reagan and God bless America.
Liberals may have scoffed at the idea in 1981, but they are plenty torqued off now that Jewish lives ARE being saved.
Quite ironic.
I’d love to ask Caliph Baraq how he feels about his “epic” early 80s discourse in the Columbia U. Magazine trashing Reagan and missile defense.
Hogwash! SDI was invented by BamBam Barry. Why do you think he got the nobel peace prize?
During the 1980s I skipped past the media (that despised and ridiculed it) and past any pathetic attempt that I could make to understand the science, and I studied the Soviet reaction to it, to decide if it was plausible.
The Russians were frantic over it, absolutely and completely frantic and raging over it, they seemed to see it as sure defeat, and so I accepted their science knowledge and their determination for it’s chances of success.
But the BIGGEST MISSILE DEFENSE DENIER of the 1980s is still in business.
Claims that nearly all these interceptors are actually MISSING the incoming. One problem though, why no damage in Israel?
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/israel-iron-dome-research-intercepts
When are we going to realize that these lefties don't actually believe most of the garbage they spew. Their aim is to get the masses to believe it. Lefties want a weaken America. They don't want the technology to work.
The Leftist media mockingly labeled Reagan’s idea “Star Wars” because they thought he was too stupid to know the difference between the movie and reality. The brilliant people in the media sneered that “you can’t hit a missile with a missile.”
They never admitted they were the stupid ones when the first interceptor missiles shot from Vandenberg AFB did hit other missiles in tests over the Pacific. Those old Leftists still around must think about how wrong they were, as they watch the spectacular success of Israel’s Iron Dome. But they will never admit it.
There were some really cool ideas that were under development during those days. Sadly, only a very few made it to the field...due to the usual culprits, i.e., funding constraints, changing administrations, etc. Congress (both sides) think you can develop the tech and shelve it. And then turn on full scale production at a moment’s notice.