Hawaii
Posted at 8:02pm on Jun. 6, 2008 Hi! I have a message for an Abraham Henderson, of Honolulu, HI.
The one who lives on Piikoi Street.
By Moe Lane
Yes, good... (looking at clock, subtracting time zones) yup, still afternoon... good afternoon, sir. Excuse me for bothering you, but I just wished to note two things that I thought that I should bring to your attention.
First off, did you know that the US Navy successfully tested an antimissile system off your coast recently?
Military shoots down missile in test off Hawaii
By AUDREY McAVOY – 1 day agoHONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military intercepted a ballistic missile Thursday in the first such sea-based test since a Navy cruiser shot down an errant satellite earlier this year.
The military fired the target, a Scud-like missile with a range of a few hundred miles, from a decommissioned amphibious assault ship near Hawaii's island of Kauai.
The USS Lake Erie, based at Pearl Harbor, fired two interceptor missiles that shot down the target in its final seconds of flight about 12 miles above the Pacific Ocean.
The target was shot down about 100 miles northwest of Kauai in its final seconds of flight, about five minutes after it was fired.
The test showed Navy ships are capable of shooting down short-range targets in their last phase of flight using modified missiles the service already has, the military said.
Yes, this is very exciting news, particularly since we've advanced enough along the research process to use off-the-shelf gear. The weblog Perfunction (via AoSHQ) has more details, including a very interesting video of the event:
I can imagine how this might relieve you, given that you live so close to Pearl, and all - and considering that you live on a piece of real estate that's within range of a North Korean missile.
Moe Lane
PS: What was the other thing? Oh, right.
In any battle between the progressive group Caucus4Priorities and yourself for Barack Obama's regard, you lose.
Enjoy your weekend, Mr. Henderson.
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