Rapid Fire 09/19/06

Published September 19, 2006

* Meet the new cybersecurity czar
* Chinese warships dock in San Diego
* 25 mph boots?
* Sign here for NSA spying
* "Dumbest Weapon Decision of the Decade"
* Air & Space Power Journal: "Space Power" stinks
* Brits: we underestimated Taliban
* "Hollow Army" redux?
* Loooooong range cruise missile
* Ready for "NASCAR with rockets?"
* SpouseBuzz takes off
* Seitz gets bloggy
* "Environmentally friendly fire"
* Bomb-makin' burg
* Magic number is three

(Bigups: JQP, JH, /., RC)

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