Interceptor Missile Pin

Weapons of Micro-Destruction

Vladimir Putin confided to Bill Clinton that Russian diplomats routinely checked to see which brooch Albright was wearing. On the first day of difficult discussions involving nuclear arms, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov looked at her arrow-like pin for the day and inquired, “Is that one of your interceptor missiles?” She replied, “Yes, and as you can see, we know how to make them very small. So you’d better be ready to negotiate.”