The North Koreans have been in the news a lot recently. What with launching some missiles, withdrawing from the Armistice they signed to end the Korean War. Now they want to add to our July fireworks by firing a missile towards Hawaii. Since there’s not much I can do about it, I’m not going to get too excited. If I were in charge, I’d simply tell the North Koreans I’ve got some bunker busting bombs with Kim Jung-il’s name on them. Which will get delivered if any missile came within a thousand miles of Hawaii, Alaska or any other part of U.S. territory.
As a result of this the Pentagon has sent out the sea based X Band Radar that has been sitting in Pearl Harbor docked at Ford Island. Its been getting work done on it for the past few months. In January I visited the Utah Memorial. It’s an out of site – out of mind place because it’s on the opposite side of Ford Island from the Arizona Memorial and USS Missouri. The radar built on top of a twin-hulled oil-drilling platform was tied up at a dock next to the Utah Memorial. I’m sure those who work on the radar couldn’t help but consider the juxtaposition of the rusting hulk of a Navy Battleship destroyed for want of an early warning system.
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The North Koreans have been in the news a lot recently. What with launching some missiles, withdrawing from the Armistice they signed to end the Korean War. Now they want to add to our July fireworks by firing a missile towards Hawaii. Since there’s not much I can do about it, I’m not going to get too excited. If I were in charge, I’d simply tell the North Koreans I’ve got some bunker busting bombs with Kim Jung-il’s name on them. Which will get delivered if any missile came within a thousand miles of Hawaii, Alaska or any other part of U.S. territory.
As a result of this the Pentagon has sent out the sea based X Band Radar that has been sitting in Pearl Harbor docked at Ford Island. Its been getting work done on it for the past few months. In January I visited the Utah Memorial. It’s an out of site – out of mind place because it’s on the opposite side of Ford Island from the Arizona Memorial and USS Missouri. The radar built on top of a twin-hulled oil-drilling platform was tied up at a dock next to the Utah Memorial. I’m sure those who work on the radar couldn’t help but consider the juxtaposition of the rusting hulk of a Navy Battleship destroyed for want of an early warning system.