US Completes Complex Test Of Layered Missile Defense System

[Purveyor]

Source: Jerusalem Post

The US military on Sunday hailed the success of a complex $230 million test of the US missile defense system that it said showed the ability of the Aegis and THAAD weapons systems to identify and destroy ballistic and cruise missiles at once.

The test was conducted near Wake Island in the western Pacific Ocean around 11:05 p.m. EDT by the US Missile Defense Agency, US European Command, US Pacific Command, the Ballistic Missile Defense System Operational Test Agency and the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense.

"This was a highly complex operational test of the BMDS which required all elements to work together in an integrated layered defense design to detect, track, discriminate, engage, and negate the ballistic missile threats," MDA said in a statement released late Sunday.

Riki Ellison, founder of the nonprofit Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, said it was the first time the US military had proven the effectiveness of a layered defense.

Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/US-completes-complex-test-of-layered-missile-defense-system-431763

[cstanleytech]

1. Granted missile defense systems make sense in a way but they arent the only delivery method they are

just the fastest.
If drugs can be smuggled in then surely someone could smuggle in a nuke.

[bananas]

2. Now we can win World War III!

We can bomb the Russkies and they can't hit us back!

[longship]

3. Probably the most useless use of money ever.

One might as well just smoke it all in a pipe.

[Recursion]

4. Worse than useless. They make things worse.

If we up our missile defenses, Russia ups its number of missiles.

If Russia ups its number of missiles, even if that's clearly to counteract our defense, China still can't rely on that, and ups theirs.

If China ups theirs, even if it's meant to deter Russia, India ups theirs.

If India ups theirs, Pakistan ups theirs.

Game theory. Paradoxically a missile defense system makes the world much less safe.

[PersonNumber503602]

8. From a strategic standpoint, I don't understand why they would announce such capabilities.

[HereSince1628]

5. 1/4 billion dollar -test- praised by nonprofit Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance

Hmmmmm. I suppose there is no irony, or worse, indicated there.

[bemildred]

6. Right. nt

[Gregorian]

7. All I wanted for my hard earned money was health care.

Instead I got this piece of shit Pentagon that runs all over me and the world. And we pay for it. What a country!