US and Russia to Start New Arms Race?

Nestled under the wing of a B-52, an X-43A in a file photo from NASA

Maybe that will distract the public from the unnecessary and senseless bloodshed in Iraq. And perhaps we can just forget about those pesky terrorists with their low-tech methods...

NASA is wetting their pants over the most recent successes with their development of a new genreation of jets (the X-43A ramjet) which may hit speeds of Mach 10.

[Note: For what it's worth, Da Vinci Code author, Dan Brown lists on his website facts that he incorporated into his novels. He claimed that before he wrote Angels and Demons, there existed a vehicle named the X-33 that could travel at Mach 15. If so, what's all the excitement about the X-34A?]

Not to be outdone, in Moscow Putin countered with hype over the Russians' new and improved nuke delivery system, which is projected to circumvent anticipated anti-missile counter-measures.

I don't know who's footing the bill for either boondoggles, but it's obvious that neither the US or Russia should be trusted with WMDs either.

Meanwhile in Iraq, there are photos of troops riding in Vietnam-era aluminum coffins designated as M-113s, and didn't we hear of reports of troops without body armor? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out where King George's priorities are!