Check this one out, in order to prove that terrorists could easily build themselves their own cruise missile using off-the-shelf parts for under $5000, Bruce Simpson, a clever New Zealander and tech-expert, decided to actually do it and chronical his adventures on a web site. He says the idea wasn't to provide plans to terrorists, but to provide incentive to governments to protect their citizens against such threats. Seems reasonable enough to me, as long as the pictures he puts on his website don't reveal too much regarding design or construction.
Of course, the USGov doesn't feel the same way I do. In fact, one New Zealand news source is saying that the NZGov has bowed to pressure from the USGov and broken it's own laws to stop the DIY cruise missile project from going forward.
So, not only has the USGov's TWAT abridged the rights of American citizens, but also those of New Zealand. (I'm over looking civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan because they were obviously asking for it! ;))
The good news is that Simpson has secreted his missile away and says it is in safe hands, awaiting further testing. He has arranged it so that he honestly does not know where it is, but that it will be tested further at some point in the future. I'm wondering just how anyone could hope to test-launch this thing without all of neighbors hearing or at the very least scaring the crap out of the sheep!
Check out the DIY cruise missile site.
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