Daily Kos: National Missile Defense: The Myth of Succcess (again)

by Yoss

Fri Sep 01, 2006 at 06:06:39 PM PDT

In some of my earlier diaries, I have taken a look at the history of national missile defense programs, the Bush administration's fixation on the concept, and the numerous ways that this administration has incorrectly approached the problem. I also took a look at what I described as the, "Myth of Success."

It appears it is time to revisit the topic.

The U.S. military shot down a target ballistic missile over the Pacific Friday in the widest test of its emerging antimissile shield in 18 months, the Defense Department announced.

The Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency said it had successfully completed an important exercise involving the launch of an improved ground-based interceptor missile designed to protect the United States against a limited long-range ballistic missile attack.