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What's most unfortunate is that he's drawing attention away from the real issue by whipping up this largely unfounded public safety concern. There aren't a lot
by mortenjorck 15y ago
What's most unfortunate is that he's drawing attention away from the real issue by whipping up this largely unfounded public safety concern.
There aren't a lot of places on earth that put SAMs in residential areas apart from North Korea.
- femto 15y agoThe Olympics is all about sponsorship. One could see this as a sponsorship deal: British designed technology (Starstreak) built by a British company (British Aerospace) being promoted to the world via the Olympics. They've already got their money's worth in publicity. (Were you aware of Starstreak before reading it here?) If the Olympics can be used to sell a soft drink, why not a missile system?
- FrankBooth 15y agoWhere can I place my order? I can't wait to have a Starstreak in my home for three easy payments of $49.99 (plus shipping and handling).
- D_Alex 15y agoWhat, I wonder, is the chance of a passenger airliner being shot down by such missiles...? To what extent does this - small - chance counter the also small risk of airplanes being used by the terrorists? I agree with C. Stross that this is a daft idea.
- Moschops 15y agoI was there on holiday last week; whilst I saw lots of military hardware in the parades, I must say that I didn't see any SAM batteries in Pyongyang (and we did a lot of driving around, and had a good look at it from the top of the Juche Tower and the revolving restaurant on top of the Yanggakdo).