PEDIATRICS Vol. 84 No. 4 October 1989, pp. A50
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OFF THE GROUND

J. F. L. MD

In assessing most events, much can depend on your point of view. Consider this: The U.S. Air Force recently announced in a short news release that a Midgetman missile, under development since 1983 and making its first test flight, was "successfully launched" from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the central California coast.

"However," the release continued, "at approximately 70 seconds into the launch an anomaly occurred in stage II causing the range safety officer to initiate the command destruct sequence." Meaning: The missile blew up. That's successful?