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Presented for your attention, the dumbest thing in the world.
Commercial passenger jets to be equipped with anti-missile defense systems.
Let me say something profound about this, "..."
Let me do it again, "WTF?"
There's never been a jet shot down with a "shoulder-mounted" missile launcher, in history. There's one or two suspected cases. Among all the plane crashes and hijackings and terrorist incidents since the 1950s. Most low-tech anti-jet solutions? Are heat-seeking, or radar guided...90% of the missiles in the world are radar or heat seeking guided. Not laser guided. A very limited number of shoulder mounted weapons, mostly British makes or former British colonies, are laser guided. How the hell does this even remotely relate to...any threat we've ever had? Why add cost to air travel, plane production, airline running...without adding even the slightest iota of value? Baa, little sheep, baa. Feel safer. You are protected by laser beam technology now. Baa, baa.
I'm going to paint a picture of Luke Skywalker on my car. And claim that it is Force-based technology protected. As Luke Skywalker's emanations repel all of those Force-tracking missiles that the terrorists might use to target my car.
K.
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