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Old 03-27-07, 05:47 PM   #12
ASWnut101
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/...473848,00.html

Interesting remarks from someone who should >insert: KNOW< some bits about it.
Its pretty much publically available info that these systems are completely and totally inadequate. In a congressional hearing, the program director publically admitted to congress that there is a 0% chance of it actually intercepting a real missile...

watch section 6
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl.../missile/view/

What's happened is that Washington politicians (mostly Bush and his cronies) are using this program and that fact that JQ Public is uninformed and ignorant of the facts to try to ingender votes. "Vote for me, I support ballistic missile defense."... knowing that most people have no clue that the system is full of bunk.
I guess that is why the Soviets and the US ABM treaty was signed. Neither side thought it could be accomplished. Or, both sides knew it could be accomplished and would leave the other side vulnerable.
It's the former. It's almost impossible to stop a SINGLE nuclear warhead, let alone hundreds, maybe thousands if launched by a capable nation.
How so?
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