Jan 20, 2007
China's "Missile Test"
I hope that in the coming days, as reporters sniff around the story of China crashing a ballistic missile into a redundant weather satellite, that one of them manages to uncover the tale of what went on at NORAD when a ballistic missile lifted off from somewhere in China. Was there panic? Did Dubya get a call? Was the man with the 'football' soiling his pants? Did bombers all over the world go into high alert? Or did NORAD miss the launch?
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You should consider it a privilege to contribute, however modestly,
to the well-being of physicians and other humanitarians.
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It is sheer arrogance to contract illnesses that are beyond your means.
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My guess is that they missed it. It took a week after the event happened before it hit the news. No doubt the Chinese finally got anxious for feedback and called up Washington and asked them if they had a response. This would've been the first time Washington heard about it.
NORAD and the US intelligence services can track a lot of things if they know where to look. NORAD primarily tracks space debris these days. Various three-letter services monitor the earth for nuclear explosions. And we did watch a few specific sites in the USSR for heat signatures of an imminent attack during the cold war. But I don't think we've got any general global tracking ability on rockets taking off. We will now...
I agree with everything you just said, and I was hoping I'm not the only one thinking this.....but to parphrase a current commercial about safety on TV:
HOLY SH$%%%^^