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To: Neocon who wrote (29003)	1/21/1999 6:20:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

But I have read estimates in the past that have asserted we could achieve a 90-95 % ballistic missile interception rate interception rate with existing technology. Good for you. The last series of tests, on "existing technology", showed that the current system in development can't be relied on to intercept a missile. Or maybe it just can't, period, I think it's failed every test. This is under ideal test conditions, one incoming missile on a known tragetory, not a realistic wartime scenario. Like estimates of Soviet military strength, the effectiveness of "existing technology" was always greatly exaggerated. The Livermore Labs guys said their X-ray laser was just a matter of engineering too.