-Caveat Lector-
this crap has to go ahead because it is somebodys gravy train
to them it doesn't matter if it works like a kids game or cartoon,
they just want the budget - to get their noses in the trough.
common sense, scientific reason ?? - no chance.
andrew
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> Subject: Military intelligence menu - fraud on the public- 3 items
> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:51:45 -0500 (CDT)
> From: MichaelP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
> TIMES (London)SATURDAY JULY 28 2001
> BY MICHAEL EVANS
> Missile guided by beacon
>
> THE Pentagon admitted yesterday that the Son of Star Wars missile
> interception test flight over the Pacific on July 14 succeeded partly
> because the target, an unarmed Minuteman II ballistic missile warhead, had
> an electronic beacon on it to help to guide the hit-to-kill weapon.
>
> The interceptor missile had been launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the
> Marshall Islands in the Pacific, and the Minuteman, also carrying a decoy
> warhead, was fired from Vandenberg air force base in California.
>
> Critics of the missile defence programme have said that earlier flight
> tests had been unrealistic because they made it easier for the target to
> be hit.
>
> A Ballistic Missile Defence Organisation spokesman said: The only thing
> that it (the beacon) does is help to get the booster (for the interceptor)
> in the right direction. The weapon finds the target and hits it. Admiral
> Craig Quigley, a Pentagon spokesman, said that real warheads in an attack
> would not carry the beacons.
>
> ============
>
> BBC Saturday, 28 July, 2001, 03:13 GMT 04:13 UK
>
> 'Star Wars still unproven'
>
> Britain's most senior military officer has questioned American plans
> for a missile defence shield - saying he has seen no evidence that the
> technology will work.
>
> Admiral Sir Michael Boyce, chief of the British defence staff, has
> also warned that participating in the missile defence shield, designed
> to protect the US from "rogue states", would leave little in the
> budget for other defence spending.
>
> Interviewed in The Guardian he says it would be irresponsible not to
> face up to the potential threat of ballistic missiles.
>
> But he added: "So far we have no hard evidence from the Americans as
> to what they think is in the art of the technology.
>
> "No-one has actually come up firmly on the American side because they
> are still exploring it. I have seen nothing yet to give me a technical
> description of what has been proposed."
>
> Sir Michael also made clear that he had misgivings about the American
> suggestion that missile defence should be embraced by the European
> allies.
>
> Sir Michael said: "There is no point in completely impoverishing
> ourselves in order to provide ourselves with a defence against one
> particular system and not being able to do anything else.
>
> "As far as I am concerned there is no way I'm in a position to suggest
> we can pay for any missile defence technology from within the existing
> defence budget and carry on doing what we are doing at the moment."
>
> Sir Michael stressed that it would be for politicians to decide
> whether Britain took part in the missile defence project.
>
> Regardless of whether missile defence is deployed to protect European
> allies, the Americans are likely to want to use British radar stations
> as part of the system.
>
> ===============
>
> BBC Saturday, 28 July, 2001, 02:00 GMT 03:00 UK
> Huge fraud at the Pentagon
> By Rob Watson in Washington
>
> A United States Congressional investigation has uncovered spectacular
> fraud by Pentagon employees using government-issued credit cards.
>
> The amounts of money involved are quite staggering.
>
> Last year alone, according to investigators, Pentagon employees went on a
> $9bn dollar shopping spree, some of it blatantly fraudulent.
>
> SHOPPING SPREE INCLUDED:
>
> DVD players
> Furniture
> Jewellry, clothing
> Pet supplies
> Night club visits
> Pizza
>
> Military personnel apparently used government credit cards to buy pizzas,
> personal computers and furniture.
>
> One army soldier is said to have spent over $3,000 on six visits to some
> decidedly downmarket nightclubs.
>
> All in all, there are said to have been 500 cases of fraudulent purchases
> by military personnel in the last two years.
>
> EFFICIENCY DRIVE
>
> The Pentagon, along with other parts of the federal government, started
> issuing credit cards to employees in the 1990s.
>
> It did so to eliminate bureaucratic red tape to make purchasing more
> efficient.
>
> Despite this public relations disaster, Pentagon officials have been
> defending the practice.
>
> They say the idea should not be judged only by the instances of fraud.
>
> But Congressmen are fuming.
>
> There are no controls, no responsibilities, and no accountability
>
> One Senator said issuing credit cards to almost two million Pentagon
> employees was like giving people the keys to the federal treasury.
>
> Congress is expected to take up the issue on Monday - when sparks are
> sure to fly.
>
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