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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (37276)	9/23/2009 5:46:52 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Systems have passed some level of testing. Also deploying a new system to improve on an existing capability, or to deal with a relatively unimportant issue perhaps should wait for more testing, but when you have a major weakness and no real capability to deal with it, then putting something in place, and then improving on it or replacing it might make more sense. Esp. in this situation considering. 1 - A decision not to deploy in certain countries may make later deployment there difficult or impossible. (Which was what "cut off" meant, not cutting off research, although a lot of that is being canceled or cut back as well) 2 - The infrastructure for deployment takes years, during which we will improve and test the ABMs. 3 - We where going to deploy radar. Radar to detect and track ballistic missiles has worked well for decades. Further tests of the ABMs aren't really needed in order to deploy and use radar.