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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (291990)	6/23/2006 8:24:47 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573130

I saw that too. It reads like a Pentagon press release. 7 of 8 successful tests? Then why DON'T they shoot the Korean missile down in flight, after launch? I know for a fact that the system failed more than one test, because I was paying attention and I read about the failures. They must have stopped counting those! It's like getting a FEMA assesment from Micheal Brown pre-Katrina. Here are a couple of more "balanced" opinions: ----------------------------------------------------------- For N. Korean Missile, U.S. Defense Is Hit or Miss latimes.com "Eleven ground-based interceptors in Alaska and at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Central California, the cornerstone of the administration's new system, have not undergone a successful test in nearly four years and have been beset by glitches that investigators blame, at least in part, on President Bush's order in 2002 to make the program operational even before it had been fully tested. In all, the interceptors hit dummy missiles in five out of 10 tests, but these were under controlled conditions that critics say do not reflect the challenges of an actual missile launch. A little-noticed study by the Government Accountability Office issued in March found that program officials were so concerned with potential flaws in the first nine interceptors now in operation that they considered taking them out of their silos and returning them to the manufacturer for "disassembly and remanufacture." ----------------------------------------------- Hollow US defense for an empty threat atimes.com "But, by far, the most laughable news is the US government announcement that it is activating its missile defense system. This, no doubt, is causing the North Korean leaders to shake - in fits of laughter. One can only imagine some flunky saying, "Good news, Dear Leader: the American imperialists have activated their missile defense system. Now we can launch." The activation of the system is what one can only call a Pyrrhic readiness gesture, considering the system has a particularly distinguished record of failures in its operational tests to date and is still considered to be in the laughing-stock stage by most impartial experts. "