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To: i-node who wrote (491540)6/29/2009 4:57:41 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1576661
 
"Mr. Gates said he had directed the military to deploy mobile, ground-based interceptors to Hawaii.""

That would be THAADS.



To: i-node who wrote (491540)6/29/2009 5:02:02 PM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1576661
 
"and Carl Sagan (and probably you, as well) were claiming it wasn't possible. "

I am not sure the massive attack problem can be solved any time soon. Stopping a few, yeah. That was conceivable at the time.

"So, you feel the Taepodong-2 is no better than a Scud?"

As near as we can tell, it has a longer range. It also should fly faster. But an optimistically estimated 500 kg. payload isn't much.

Besides, we still might not be able to stop it.


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