IN 1911, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, France's leading military strategist, declared: "Aeroplanes are interesting toys but of no military value." Thirty years later, a similar wayward prediction came from Vanneyar Bush, director of America's scientific effort in the second world war. "A 3,000-mile range rocket, shot from one continent to the other carrying an atomic bomb?

From: Sunday Business (London, England) | Date: June 23, 2002 | Copyright information

IN 1911, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, Frances leading military strategist, declared: Aeroplanes are interesting toys but of no military value. Thirty years later, a similar wayward prediction came from Vanneyar Bush, director of Americas scientific effort in the second world war. A 3,000-mile range rocket, shot from one continent to the other carrying an atomic bomb? We can leave that out of our thinking, he said.

As the Anti Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty became a cold war ...

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