The US Missile Defense Agency recently announced it successfully conducted a joint test with Israel of the David’s Sling Weapon System.

The system is designed to use a small missile to bring down larger ballistic missiles, with a kill vehicle called a “stunner.”

The sad thing is there is probably a large segment of society today that won’t make the connection.

1 Samuel 17

[David said] This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head… And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hand.

When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it.

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