"all i want are jets with frickin laser beams attached to them!"

really? we are naming defense projects after 24? what's next? project grissom to improve fingerprinting databases? and is it just me or does this sound like a stupid-ass, won't-work-but-we-will-spend-billion-on-it-like-missile-defense-anyway idea anyway?

from usa today:

The Homeland Security Department and the military this summer will test whether drones flying 65,000 feet above the nation's busiest airports could be used to protect planes from being shot down by terrorists with shoulder-fired missiles.

Dubbed "Project Chloe" after a character on Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's favorite TV show, 24, the anti-missile strategy is the latest to be explored by government leaders looking to thwart potential missile threats at commercial airports...