Quiet Demise of the U.S.' Ultimate Weapon Is Bittersweet for Its Keepers

[baldguy]

Has anyone else seen this?

Since 1986, the weapons have been the quintessentially quiet neighbor in these parts, keeping to themselves but capable of enormous destruction if provoked. Now the hulking rockets that confounded the Soviet Union, prompted street protests in Europe, inspired Hollywood thrillers and terrified millions are fading away.

For the last two years, MX numbers have shrunk from 50 to 13. By next December, none will be left. And their demise has been bittersweet for the crews trained to care for and, if necessary, launch them.

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Gary Smith, a civilian field supervisor for the MX, has worked with the weapon since its inception.

"All good things must come to an end," he said. "I have a fondness for that system. It's like the child you raise through elementary school, high school and college and now it's gone. But the American public can be proud that it did its job by never having to be deployed."

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-missiles26dec26,0,837347.story?coll=la-home-nation

Good riddance! We never should have wasted the money to build & deploy the damn things in the first place! It was the dream of a madman, just like SDI. Why do Republicans always feel the need to spend billions of our dollars - that we don't have - in order to threaten the rest of the world?

[The Doctor.]

1. "It's the Chimpanzee in all of us."

We all try to lok bigger than we really are... and will expend anything to do so.

Just look at our cousins.