In 284 Cruise Missiles and 295 ICBMs, AGMs and Missile Defense Systems, cucumbers rot into oblivion evoking the mortal human body. These images sit in a swirling grid of systematically distorted images that hint at, though never clearly show, the 21st century's most advanced technology. Both abundant and unknown, modern weaponry is familiar to most Americans only though a barrage of images  -- the virtual  tempest of the information network. This work sets the frail vulnerability of individual existence within the historical and social context of war and technology