Cruising for Trouble ; Offshore, the Other Missile-Defense Problem
The Washington Times › November 24, 2005
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An unmarked, blacked-out, rusting hulk of a freighter slowly cruises off the East Coast. Outside U.S. territorial waters, standard cargo containers are prepositioned on deck with their doors ajar. Hidden inside are Scud ballistic missiles that can be fired within minutes.
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Cruising for Trouble ; Offshore, the Other Missile-Defense Problem
Armed with biological, chemical and nuclear or radiological warheads, these cheap and easily acquired weapons could cause massive death and destruction. Seventy-five percent of the population, 80 percent o...
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