How do you get the uninterested interested in defense affairs, the focus of Jane’s Defence Weekly? How about writing about national security in the style of Jane magazine, the fashion, sex advice, et cetera periodical for young females?

So dude, the global G8 summit has totally been happening. Right in the middle of all this madness with Paris Hilton! And today something almost as dramatic as a certain L.A. county sheriff shitfight happened during the summit: Russian president Vladimir Putin said to President Bush (and we paraphrase!) “You know what, we have been whining and complaining about the dinky little missile defense shield you’re trying to build, but just because we got laid this morning we’re gonna give you Azerbaijan to locate your receptor thingys.” Now, last we checked Putin was not the boss of Azerbaijan, but we also hear that doesn’t matter in Central Asia! Which brings us to the question, what exactly is a missile defense shield and why do we need it?

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