From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ec3b1a84cab8fc8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-06 06:57:59 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <3B970152.4AC6C6E3@PublicPropertySoftware.com> Subject: Re: Ada and the NMD Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 09:57:51 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 13:57:51 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12795 Date: 2001-09-06T13:57:51+00:00 List-Id: In article , Preben Randhol says... >The problem with this Star Wars project is that it does not have a good >reputation outside of USA. Neither do Mr Bush for that matter. One of You seem to think things are different here... >the new things I read is that the missiles, if shot down, will fall over >Europe. Not something we are very happy about I might say... My understanding is that most of the ICBMs that the US and Russia had were aimed at each other over the North Pole. If it "lands" anywhere ("lands" /= "explodes", btw), it would probably be in Canada. Some of the reactions I hear from abroad about this are almost as silly as the Star Wars program itself. Almost. There *are* good reasons for being against it, but no one seems very interested in those reasons. A lot of it reminds me of the protests at Cape Kenedy when they were launching that nuclear powered space probe. Everyone was worried that it might explode and contaminate things. Never mind that they got exposed to more harmful radiation standing out in the Florida sun with their plackards than anyone would ever see if it exploded in the air. It seems like whenever someone mentions the word "nuclear", people just get stupid. --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com