Wowee - this has to be one of the stupidest headline grabbers I've seen in a long while.
He knows that it won't happen but allows him to be in a position to say (although, hopefully not) "I told you so - if only you had listened to me".
I'll bet his constituency contains at least one missile manufacturer and that they suggested the idea in the first place!
By the way, Outlook spell checker reports 'iPaq' (a palm held PDA) and suggests 'Iraq' ....