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This was interesting and all, Xyzer, but don't pee your panties just yet. Shooting down a single, well tracked ballistic satelite is one thing, but the fatal flaw of 'Star Wars' remains what it always was... the challenge of hitting an incoming missile is so huge, and the means to countering anti-missile technologies are so simple, it's a curve we can never catch up to should someone actually decide to attack us...
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Aren't you ignoring the fact that this technology has also been successfully used against missiles. It's damned accurate.
Plus, if the tank carying the potentially harmful chemical was destroyed(all indications show it was) the ?toxic chemical will be spread out at something like 130 miles above the earth and allowed to mix into harmlessness as it drifts down. Mission accomplished.
We need to give the military credit for an efficient job which also sends a warning to hostile nations...Our technology will counter and even surpass yours...Star Wars has been successful in anti missile technology. I agree however there are other ways that international terrorists can smuggle in nuke devices. It would appear that is another chapter in the war against terrorists.
You making a valid point..I am proud of our military capability, no thanks to the Clinton Administration in which our military funding was cut some 25% ..It was called 'reinventing government' and required a buildup after 9/11 saw that terrorism was not a local matter and required a reinvention of the reinvention? Of course, who got the blame..? Bush! He was spending so much money reinventing government correctly. Luckily Star Wars didn't die in this century..blame Bush. If Hillary(part of the anti defense cabal is elected what do you think will happen to defense spending?
Add to that my belief that our country is right in its current battle against international terrorism and its sponsors and sympathizers. These Islamci savages understand force not words.
By the way would you complainers rather have no technological development and not develop any counter measures against terrorist nations for fear a small piece of metal may not burn up on reentry? Get real!