
New Zealand Jet engine consultant
claims to be a couple of months away from building his own cruise missle capable of flying 100 miles, carrying a 10kg payload, and hitting within 100 yards of its target. So far he has spent $1200 dollars buying parts from eBay and stores anyone has access to. His
web site documents his progress and
other engine projects you can complete in the privacy of your own home, cave in afghanistan, forest in Indonesia, or desert in Iraq. I always thought it was chemical weapons that would be easy to create, I guess I was wrong. As he points out, we rely on "security by obscurity" more than anything else. Maybe Ashcroft and Rumsfeld are right in that we need Patriot Act II, miltary tribunals, and the recently leaked
Victory Act (that will link low-level drug dealing with Terrorism) as we move towards a New Europe democracy like Bulgaria or Ukraine that Rumsfeld holds in such high regard.