See American Security Project Senior Fellow Bernard I. Finel’s post on The Flash Point Blog on this topic: http://www.americansecuritypro…..y-hit-us/.

Dr. Finel points out that North Korea and Iran have at no point demonstrated the ability to hit the United States with a ballistic missile, and that when talking about deploying a missile defense system, “…we have to be clear that we are planning and spending against a potential threat, not an actual one.”

He also notes that the Ground-Base Midcourse Defense System has been “promising of late,” and that “at this point there is a higher probability that we could shoot down a North Korean missile than there is of them actually being about to successfully launch a missile capable of hitting us.”

For more information on ASP’s mission and Dr. Finel’s work, read his latest article in Armed Forces Journal: http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2009/03/3920564, or visit the website at http://www.americansecurityproject.org.