I Do Love Irrational Pride

Got to love the Russians sometimes. Two days in a row they couldn't get an ICBM to launch and now they're out boasting about their new smart missile that can maneuver in flight, rendering our missile defense impotent.

Sorry, but I'm not real worried. I realize that the missiles they were trying to launch were older ones, but with the launches being that public, I find it hard to believe that they were just generic tests. Putin had to have believed that there was an excellent chance of success or else he would have put himself in such an embarassing position.

Plus there is a difference between being able to simply move around and being able to detect and react to an incoming threat. The first is simple, the second a much more difficult proposition and one which I find it hard to believe that the Russians, given their current economic state, would be willing to build into a one-time use vehicle.

Of course, maybe I'd feel a little different if they could get a missile that actually seemed to be able to fly straight. This almost sounds a bit like trying to sell a bug as a feature....