Reversion

The Reversion Project was all very hush-hush.

Housed in a warehouse on the edge of the town’s industrial estate, it was just another building. No attention was given to the small staff that arrived each morning. It was just another business. Nobody was aware of the team of five scientists changing into laboratory coats and entering the main laboratory to further their research. It had taken them several years to come close to their objective. Field agents had spent a great deal of time gathering the necessary coordinates for the project. Once the location of every missile launch facility, in all those countries around the world that had them was recorded, their work had begun in earnest. The massive job of developing the software that would incorporate this information was almost finished.

Meanwhile, under similarly strict levels of secrecy, tests had been carried out on a minimal scale to prove the accuracy and success of the program. These were relatively short-range missile test-flights, to prove that the computer’s software program actually worked. These preliminary test-flights were carried out primarily to ensure that on immediate launch, the signal used, successfully found its mark.

Needless to say, these demonstrations were held in an environment of tight security, at a secret location known only by a few.

On the day, a small party of highly-placed spectators witnessed the missile come into view. It was destined to destroy a small abandoned building located a few kilometres from where they stood.

Suddenly, the missile swooped around in a wide arc and returned to the launch site it had come from. Although the party couldn’t see it, they heard the explosion and soon after that were able to make out a pillar of black smoke rising from the destroyed launch pad.

After a period of spontaneous applause and excited chattering among the observers, the Prime Minister approached the Military Commander and shook his hand. After the perfunctory congratulations, and being told that the software program itself was held in a secret underground location, in a facility that was for all intents and purposes, impregnable, the head of government said, “This is wonderful, of course, but I do have a reservation concerning its use.”

The military man raised his eyebrows. “Really?”

“Well, yes,” replied the other, “my concern is that when the first missile is launched from anywhere, to anywhere, won’t this lead to war?”

The military man raised his eyebrows. “The first, you say?” He shook his head. “I doubt that there’ll be a first. When the world powers find out that we have this technology, and they will find out, I doubt very much that there’ll be a first.”

Taking a deep breath, he said, “Just think about it.”

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