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US downs missile with new interceptor

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Video released by the Department of Defence shows what it claims to be the first successful test of the Navy's newest anti-missile interceptor,designed to protect allies from attacks by countries like North Korea and Iran.
10 May 2012



Video: US downs missile with new interceptor - Telegraph
 
This is great news!!! Can you imagine how the Child ruler of North Korea is bouncing off the walls right now. Iran has also got to be scratching their collective heads over this development.
 
This is great news!!! Can you imagine how the Child ruler of North Korea is bouncing off the walls right now. Iran has also got to be scratching their collective heads over this development.

Child ruler of North Korea made me laugh. Yes, he is young, but more because when North Korea wants something they stamp their feet and make a big fuss and do some threat until they get what they want.
 
This is great news!!! Can you imagine how the Child ruler of North Korea is bouncing off the walls right now. Iran has also got to be scratching their collective heads over this development.

I would be impressed if this were under battle conditions where they are caught unawares and they don't just have to shoot down the one missile. The Patriots were hailed as having these absurdly high success rates over 90%, but when tested against actual Iraqi Scuds in actual combat they barely hit over half.
 
I would be impressed if this were under battle conditions where they are caught unawares and they don't just have to shoot down the one missile. The Patriots were hailed as having these absurdly high success rates over 90%, but when tested against actual Iraqi Scuds in actual combat they barely hit over half.

I hope these missiles act as a deterrent to battle conditions on some measure. The North Koreans are still licking their wounds over the failure of their own missile while the US has successfully completed a launch of a countermeasure to the North Korean missile program which also speaks to Iran's boast of a missile that could reach the US targets.
 
Another 31 Trillion dollars worth of R&D and we'll be as safe as a Cat in a Hat.
 
Another 31 Trillion dollars worth of R&D and we'll be as safe as a Cat in a Hat.

that's right! so what do you suggest?

let Iran and NK do all the weapons research necessary... while we wait crossed arms?:shrug:
 
The SM-3 is a clear improvement in addressing missile defense during the boost phase of an ICBM. Missile defenses become much more important as the world enters the era of proliferation of nuclear weapons technology and ballistic missile technology. The alternative to missile defenses is to absorb and accept the vaporization of NYC and Washington, DC.
 
that's right! so what do you suggest?

let Iran and NK do all the weapons research necessary... while we wait crossed arms?:shrug:
Our military advantage over the two countries in question is so insurmountable at this point, our progress and research could likely remain stagnant for years to come without worry. Not that it would be advisable mind you, but new developments such as these are hardly necessary at the given moment.
 
Our military advantage over the two countries in question is so insurmountable at this point, our progress and research could likely remain stagnant for years to come without worry. Not that it would be advisable mind you, but new developments such as these are hardly necessary at the given moment.


With all respect Hare... do you work for the Department of Defence? that you seem to have all this knowledge of what is necessary and what it's not?
 
With all respect Hare... do you work for the Department of Defence? that you seem to have all this knowledge of what is necessary and what it's not?
Just assumptions based on common sense.
 
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Wait did someone just question our military might as if though there are actually countries that compare?
 
Our military advantage over the two countries in question is so insurmountable at this point, our progress and research could likely remain stagnant for years to come without worry. Not that it would be advisable mind you, but new developments such as these are hardly necessary at the given moment.

Complacency is a dangerous strategy. There's no assurance that today's advantages won't be wiped out by some breakthrough. While a risk-free goal is not realistic, investments in defensive and offensive capabilities can mitigate risk and they can deter would-be enemies. A comprehensive approach that effectively deters conflict and its associated human and financial costs is a good national security investment.
 
Complacency is a dangerous strategy. There's no assurance that today's advantages won't be wiped out by some breakthrough. While a risk-free goal is not realistic, investments in defensive and offensive capabilities can mitigate risk and they can deter would-be enemies. A comprehensive approach that effectively deters conflict and its associated human and financial costs is a good national security investment.
Agree, mind you I'm speaking in strictly hypothetical terms.
 
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No, I suggest that we rely on the current situation. We have thousands of weapons and they are still struggling to build one. So, in a fight, we probably would win.

Ah, you say, but what if they really have thousands of weapons? Won't we need this missile shield that still hasn't been able to work after 20 some years and hundreds of billions?

We are hardly defenseless and this is just another boondoggle to make a few people rich.

that's right! so what do you suggest?

let Iran and NK do all the weapons research necessary... while we wait crossed arms?:shrug:
 
I think we should of spent the money on this stupid money on some other more worth while ****.
 
This is great news!!! Can you imagine how the Child ruler of North Korea is bouncing off the walls right now. Iran has also got to be scratching their collective heads over this development.

Do they call him Dear Child?

Sent from my blasted phone.
 
I think we should of spent the money on this stupid money on some other more worth while ****.

Yeah like people who don't do anything all day. :roll:

Sent from my blasted phone.
 
Yeah like people who don't do anything all day. :roll:

Sent from my blasted phone.

You mean like students, workers who can rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, and the like? Are those "people who don't do anything all day?"
 
that's right! so what do you suggest?

let Iran and NK do all the weapons research necessary... while we wait crossed arms?:shrug:

As long as it is only to protect against a few missiles from a "rouge nation" and not other world "super powers" it's a good thing.. Deploying anti-missile systems in large numbers to defend against a major attack is no longer a defensive move and will ignite a new arms race. China only has a few dozen ICBM's now but watch those numbers climb if we ramp up this system. Mutually Assured Destruction has worked quite well at preventing a nuclear Holocaust for 75 years and we are mutually reducing our numbers of warheads even. I would not want to mess with it now.
Any missile defense system can be overpowered by sheer numbers so it is pointless to try and make us unbombable.
 
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