AND FINALLY

Arms dealers must be, well, up in arms at the actions of one enterprising ITT employee (ask SmashEDO who ITT are – see SchNEWS 743). One of their military hardware manufacturing drones from sector G, in a factory in the New York area, took it on himself to cut out the middle men completely.

Vincent Corey stole a ‘frequency generator’ – a device which can mimic the radio signals of surface to air missiles to enable testing and development – and then sold it. On Ebay.

It was only after he’d sold it for a suspiciously cut-price $20,000 that the buyers thought to check to providence and called ITT. Corey has now been arrested and faces a spell in chokey. He really should have checked the profile of the prospective buyer a little more carefully.

UK arms dealers have thankfully stepped back from their threat to join SmashEDO and picket the ITT factory in protest at this threat to their cosy lucrative profession. But how long before the modern world catches up with them. When will manufacturers follow the rest of retailing and sell online straight to their customers? Picking up weapons will surely end up simply a matter of going to DrirectMine or EasyMissile on yer iphone app and and clicking on the paypal link...