Spencer, while I agree with the administrations shift in focus (to Iran/Mid East), from following the issue I see missile defense as a proven failure technologically. My back-of-envelope calculations indicate missile intercept testing results are

You’re closer to this work, of course, so could you provide an update on the results of missile defense technology as a whole and specifically missile intercept success rate?

TIA!

If there is a better demonstration of the reality-challenged nature of American politics than the insistence that missile defense is worth spending taxpayer money on (while, of course, health care is not) I don’t know what it is.

Every billion dollars worth of missile defense R&D is defeated by less than ten million dollars of re-entry vehicle R&D. Sure, boost phase works. Let me know how you’re going to accomplish that…

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