Being familiar with the mindset, I can see several ways to make it true.
"not a test" You don't test a proven system. This may simply be a deployment of an anti-satellite weapons system, with some data gathering and observation. The fact that we may not be admitting that we have such a system isn't important.
"anti-satellite" it may be an anti-something else system. I'm thinking ballistic missle. I was under the impression they were going to shoot after it was no longer in a stable orbit.
And that last word "system". It may be a missle test, or a guidance test, but not a "system" test.
Hey, at high levels, the military mind is a close cousin to the lawyer mind, and we all know, lawyers are made of weasel. And not the good kind that gets soaked in baby oil and has group sex in barrels.
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Date: 2008-02-16 07:37 pm (UTC)Being familiar with the mindset, I can see several ways to make it true.
"not a test" You don't test a proven system. This may simply be a deployment of an anti-satellite weapons system, with some data gathering and observation. The fact that we may not be admitting that we have such a system isn't important.
"anti-satellite" it may be an anti-something else system. I'm thinking ballistic missle. I was under the impression they were going to shoot after it was no longer in a stable orbit.
And that last word "system". It may be a missle test, or a guidance test, but not a "system" test.
Hey, at high levels, the military mind is a close cousin to the lawyer mind, and we all know, lawyers are made of weasel. And not the good kind that gets soaked in baby oil and has group sex in barrels.