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Silly boys... don't you know we have a group of brainiacs in a bunker twenty miles underground that can knock anything out of the air with telekinesis?
Oh no... here come the helicopters!
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Most of the tests are done out here from Vandenburg. I believe there was a successful test 7/15/01 against a missile over Kwajalein. Another was reported 6/22/06 -- this one from a ship. These tests, I believe, involved an anticipated launch and anticipated trajectory, with known defensive system deployment. Even the Bush administration states that the likelihood of an interception is "high." When you're dealing with nuclear ICBMs, the probability of a shootdown has to be higher than that. The point is that the task is near enough to impossible that 20+ years of development and billions given to defense contractors have not made us appreciably safer -- primarily because the threat has shifted from symmetrical to asymmetrical.
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The point is that the task is near enough to impossible that 20+ years of development and billions given to defense contractors have not made us appreciably safer -- primarily because the threat has shifted from symmetrical to asymmetrical. FWIW, I have seen the documents and read the reviews (and worked on the program) and the technology is impressive and it *does* work. Is it 100% reliable? Maybe not. There are ways to confuse the EKV. There has been alot of money spent on this program that might have been better spent elsewhere, but that's another discussion. Does it work? Yes. Are we completely safe? Never. Mike
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Please do not say things like this! Weenie is now an expert on missle defence (among other things, its getting to be a very long list) and he just knows that THIS DOES NOT WORK, so telling him that you worked on the program and know it works depresses him... There are many things that we in the field know works. Glad the public had not had everything leaked to them by the news media just yet.
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The thing with weapons systems is that they are not static. And yes, its foolish to think 'completely safe' is a practical goal. But even a 5% chance of a thermonuclear device hitting a major US city is a bit tough to swallow.
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He was on that Chinese Freighter being tortured at the end of Season 2...maybe they took him to NK...
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1. Cruise missiles. There are point defense solutions against these subsonic weapons. As a matter of fact, I have CHASED these weapons during test flights. You can fly form on these pigs. Is Los Angelas equipped to fend them off? No. 2. Supersonic threats. There are systems that work against these threats. Is Los Angelas equipped? No. 3. TBM's. There are systems that can intercept these weapons, phase dependent. Is LA...no. 4. ICBMS. Also phase dependent. And, yes, LA is out of brea on this one, too. I love Huntsville, btw...
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Joe, if the NK engineers did their job correctly, then falsifying a command destruct signal is nigh impossible. However, judging by their success rate, they might not be as thorough as we are and there might be an avenue there.
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Ah, you're right. I have the early seasons on the brain...my wife watched season 5 with me this year and decided to get caught up. I had already seen seasons 1 and 2, she watched those on DVD in like 2 weeks. Now we are on season 3.
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We are working on a impenetrable layer of smog that will beat any of those attacks! Almost done too cough cough...
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Reflections off of all the whitened teeth wreak havoc with missle control systems, and our SSS (silicone safety system) is designed such that when a warning goes out, all of the bleached blonde waitresses, um, I mean actesses, gather at the point of impact to provide a boobie-rebound layer (BRL) for protection.
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Obviously we would like a shield that would prevent any threat, but the systems that we are really interested in developing first are those that will take out a terrorist launch by a madman...Elvis, Saddam, and the Kooky Iranian President come to mind.
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Fortunately,or unfortunately, depending on your point of view, the people in the "know" about this stuff, even 30 year old stuff, cannot talk about it. Needless to say Techweenie is 100 percent wrong about our development and capability. I wouldn't breath easy, but I wouldn't worry to much about Korea either.
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