Nov 12, 2004
"A team has successfully fired for the first time a powerful laser meant to fly aboard a modified 747 as part of a U.S. ballistic missile defense shield"
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=6802812
Nov 17, 2004
Russia new nuclear missile systems project started
http://olympics.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=6841909
"Russia's latest nuclear innovation was a test launch in February of a missile designed to outwit Washington's planned $50 billion missile shield."
It's the Cold War... 2.0!
Yeah, it's an upgrade.
v1.0: Imperialists vs Communists
v2.0: Imperialists vs Terrorists vs Communists
Hah. >>3 has a nice point.
The sad thing about the situation is that countermeasures to the shield are a lot cheaper than the shield itself. The problem the shield attempts to address. Outwitting that shield will be easy.
*the problem the shield attempts to address is hard.