North Korea

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by pgardn

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President Bush said today that he believes the nation's nascent missile defense system would have had a "reasonable chance" of shooting down a long-range missile launched by North Korea had it come close to the United States

This is the prompt to kick Russian and China in the butt. A little more money and work put into this, and it works. This makes em shudder.

Wish I could agree Pat.
Testing so far is five out of ten...when we knew where they'd be coming from, and when they were launched.
We still have a ways to go with development. The Chinese and the Russians know this as well. 50% isn't good enough.

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Wish I could agree Pat.
Testing so far is five out of ten...when we knew where they'd be coming from, and when they were launched.
We still have a ways to go with development. The Chinese and the Russians know this as well. 50% isn't good enough.

Very true. But we CAN get it right and they know it. I guarantee you China and Russia DO NOT want us working on this system at all. It is a big bargaining chip and Bush is pushing it in.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Very true. But we CAN get it right and they know it. I guarantee you China and Russia DO NOT want us working on this system at all. It is a big bargaining chip and Bush is pushing it in.

Interesting that the US destroyer showed up today in Japan, loaded with the best anti-missile systems we have.
And it was stated that this was already scheduled.
Now let's see what China has to say.