Canadian Missile Defense

The big military story today is the failure of a missile defense test yesterday. A missile launched from a Pacific atol was supposed to intercept a simulated ICBM launched from Alaska. The interceptor failed to launch for an unknown reason. A setback fro the program for sure, but let's not give up on it.

Meanwhile in Canada, PM Paul Martin said that he would not "fund" the US missile defense system, apparently believing that allowing UN anti-missile facilities on Canadian soil is a form of payment. Here's a thought. How about we perfect the system, deploy it and then make the Canadians pay for protection? Maybe we can even design it so that the intercepted missiles fall in Canada.
- posted by Base10 @ 2:25 PM