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Originally Posted by Targan
Not that I've thought especially hard about it in the past, but I'd assumed that because the US government has been building GMD interceptor missiles and launch facilities for some years now, they must have a reasonable success rate in testing. Then I read the article below. I'm simultaneously stunned, amused and horrified. Why is such a huge amount of money being spent on full production and deployment of a system that has to this point never worked?
Here's why the US missile defense system is utterly broken |
I think saying it NEVER worked is an exaggeration. Four tests since 2008 have failed but there were numerous successes before that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-...e#Flight_tests
I won't comment on the viability of the system after such scathing reviews, but given it has a "chance" to stop something, I can't see anyone canceling it.
Can you imagine if a DPRK missile was launched the day after the defenses were removed.