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kleinbl00 · 3856 days ago · link · · parent · post: $40-billion missile defense system proves unreliable.
Also keep in mind: The GBI (that's what Vandenberg calls them - "Ground Based Interceptors") system rests on the shoulders of our $40bln failed SDI program ($65bln adjusted for inflation, roughly) and our roughly $18bln investment in the failed Patriot Missile program. You know, mk, I know a guy who did his thesis on gene therapy. Except instead of using a garden-variety adenovirus or retrovirus, he used muthafukkin' ebola. THAT CAT has been working constantly since he graduated. Granted, he's spent a lot of time in bunkers, but hey. Go where the money is, right?