To: Raymond Duray who wrote (24436 ) 5/21/2003 10:15:52 PM From: Hawkmoon Read Replies (2) | Respond to Oops, typo. Bill Sammon. The author of the fluff agitprop you posted. kepplerassociates.com I was discussing ICBMs. The Patriot system is best used on battlefield tactical weapons. acq.osd.mil Successful test involving a planned intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile target. Successful test involving a planned intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile target. A modified Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target vehicle was launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., at 10:00 p.m. EST, and a prototype interceptor was launched approximately 20 minutes later and 4,800 miles away from the Ronald Reagan Missile Site Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The intercept took place approximately 10 minutes after the interceptor was launched, at an altitude in excess of 140 miles above the earth, and during the midcourse phase of the target warhead's flight. This was the third successful intercept for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, formerly known as National Missile Defense. Successful test involving a planned intercept of an intercontinental ballistic missile target over the central Pacific Ocean in the Western Test Range. A modified Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) target vehicle was launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., at 10:00 p.m. EDT, and a prototype interceptor was launched approximately 22 minutes later and 4,800 miles away from the Ronald Reagan Missile Site, Kwajalein Atoll, in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. The intercept took place approximately six minutes after the interceptor was launched, at an altitude in excess of 140 miles above the earth, and during the midcourse phase of the target warhead's flight. This was the fifth successful intercept--and the fourth consecutive--in seven flight tests since October 1999 for the GMD program. With a 50 year track record with a real enemy, you now disregard history and say that North Korea cannot be deterred, but rather that we full belts and suspenders, both a defensive missile shield and the ability to turn North Korea into a suburb of the planet Mercury?
