US Tests New Missile Defense 278
pumpkinpuss writes "The US military yesterday shot down a missile in a test simulating a long-range ballistic missile attack by a potential adversary such as North Korea or Iran. The target missile was launched from Kodiak Island, Alaska, at 3:04 PM Eastern time, tracked simultaneously by several ground and ship-based radars, and intercepted by a 'kill vehicle' 3,000 kilometers away over the Pacific 25 minutes later, according to the Missile Defense Agency. Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly said, 'The kill vehicle was sent to a very accurate spot in space giving us great confidence.'"
Reader gilgsn points out the testing of a different "multiple kill vehicle" by Lockheed Martin, which was able to hover over the ground and track a target. Video of the test (WMV) is also available.
It will be cut. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Its... (Score:5, Funny)
Since it's not so important to get it right I guess by the beard.
Re:It's sad (Score:1, Funny)
You mention no fewer than FIVE foreign countries in this response without any sort of discrimination between them. It's almost as if you're just throwing out lots of names to cover all the bases so you can feel like some conspiracy theorist and say "I told you so" no matter what country is involved.
Re:Iran? Uh huh ... yeah (Score:3, Funny)
Yeah, let's spend another couple of thousands of years on solving the issue...
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U.S. Shoots Downs Missile in Simulation of Long-Range Attack
I don't care how good the cause is.. Killing mentally challenged missiles for testing purposes is just wrong
Re:Iran? Uh huh ... yeah (Score:3, Funny)
That is a great example of extreme relativis, both sides are hardly equals. But anyway, we should support Israel because they're the modern, liberal democracy, because they're an ally of the US, and because we fight a common enemy such as Hamas. Their country also produces great minds and makes large contributions to society in science and technology.