Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Web Log: MDA's performance problem: "The missile defense system is like a ‘hot rod in your garage,’ Jeremiah Gertler, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told NPR’s Morning Edition on February 14. ‘As soon as you got the engine and transmission and one seat in, you could take it out and try it out.’

Unless, of course, the hot rod is a dud. Gertler’s was commenting hours after yet another failed missile defense flight test. "

(Via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Web Log.)