Wednesday, September 12, 2007

A Kinder, Gentler Mass-Murdering Weapon

A nice, succinct sentence of utter stupidity from CNN.com, in their story today about the recent Russian bomb test. Well, actually, they're paraphrasing Colonel-General Alexander Rukshin, so I guess it's his fault. Anyway, the fifth paragraph down reads:

Unlike a nuclear weapon, the bomb doesn't hurt the environment, he added.

First of all, from the picture, it sure seems like this bomb will "hurt the environment" to me. Okay, maybe not in a whole "nuclear winter" kind of way, but I think the environment within a 990 foot radius of the impact point is going to feel a little "hurt."

Secondly... isn't it nice to know that when a weapon is being designed to kill large numbers of people at a distance, the designers are worried about the innocent trees and plants and stuff that might be collateral damage?

3 comments:

TheGirard said...

it'll be nice to hate the russians again. At least the Bond films will be back to normal.

Hayden said...

Amen to that, Amen.

Roland Deschain said...

I'm glad someone was thinking of the children.

Now they'll be able to once again understand when I show them "Red Dawn" and "THe Hunt for Red October."

Ahhhhhhhh...now doesn't that feel better? ;-)