PR in defense contracts

Read a story on BBC this morning about how the Skynet satellite defense network in the UK has encountered some problems, leading to a slight delay in launching it. I figure that buys the human race a few more days before a nuclear holocaust consumes the planet.

I mean, didn’t anybody involved in the project see the Terminator movies?

I guess the real question is whether this dopey name was chosen out of complete ignorance, or perhaps selected to strike fear in the hearts of enemies. If the latter, kind of makes the UK look like a dude in a dynamite vest screaming in the café of international politics, but hey, I guess you gotta keep up with current trends in military strategy.

Also, pretty sure I saw that bugger in the opening scene of Rise Of The Machines, where robots are slaughtering the meager remains of humanity, dashing their meaty bodies against the stones and flying around with laser guns constantly firing, because that’s cool.