Missile Intercept Test Good - Thank You, Reagan

Credit where credit is due, after all. Were it up to some, we wouldn't have anything close to a missile intercept option in the works. As we learned from Pakistan and perhaps North Korea, non-proliferation is a wonderful concept. But it isn't a reliable strategic defense.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military shot down a target ballistic missile over the Pacific on Friday in the widest test of its emerging antimissile shield in 18 months, the Defense Department announced.

The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said it had successfully completed an important exercise involving the launch of an improved ground-based interceptor missile designed to protect the United States against a limited long-range ballistic missile attack.

The test results will help improve the performance of a multibillion-dollar shield against the type of long-range ballistic missile that could be used to attack a U.S. city with a weapon of mass destruction, the agency said in a statement.

Comments

[Phoenix]

I'm clueless... Do we have SDI? Satellite defense systems to do this?

Why is everyone so quiet when this subject comes up?

[THE AZTEC CORN GODDESS]

I guess I ended this thread. shhh.

[Phoenix]

Buzz off.