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kleinbl00 · 3966 days ago · link · · parent · post: Dick Cheney is speaking at my work next week and I will be close enough to him to smell his breath. What in the hell could I possibly ask the man?
That's not entirely fair. Same guy that came up with it came up with this, and the basis for Gerald Bull's notions were entirely factual. These things were used to moderate effect in WWII and my own grandfather worked on this thing. The point was to threaten Israel. It worked; Israel felt threatened enough that they had him whacked outside his apartment. That's why it didn't get further, not technical challenges. When your chief scientist ends up ventilated on the street in Brussels you lose some steam. Dude really wanted to shoot a satellite into orbit and he'd do anything for anybody that gave him access to the toys. There's a lesson there.