Remember when this country was younger...and fearless?

Remember when we had to "...keep the Russian bear in the squeeze..."? And pollution, greenhouse gases and excessive neutron bombardment were the further things from our collective mind?

I present to you the SLAM...the ultimate NIMBY vehicle:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superso...titude_Missile

http://www.merkle.com/pluto/pluto.html




Interestingly enough, a 1958 movie - "The Lost Missile" - showcased just such a construct...albeit alien in origin. The premise - and side effects - were eerily familiar.

Cooler heads (along with ICBMs) prevailed and this contraption never made it off the launch pad.