Scientists warn America’s missile defence systems have ‘no proven capability’ to protect against attacks from North Korea and other rogue states
Ground-based midcourse missile defense system has deployed 30 interceptors in Alaska and California
Has only been tested under highly scripted conditions nine times
Failed to destroy its target two-thirds of the time
DailyMail.com
14 July 2016
The U.S. missile defense system to counter attacks from rogue states like North Korea has no proven capability to protect the United States and is not on a credible path to achieve that goal, a science advocacy group has warned.
The ground-based midcourse missile defense system, which has deployed 30 interceptors in Alaska and California, has been tested under highly scripted conditions only nine times since being deployed in 2004, and failed to destroy its target two-thirds of the time, the Union of Concerned Scientists said in a report.
‘The story of this system is a cautionary tale about how the lack of appropriate oversight of a politically charged missile defense program has led to a system in tatters,’ said the report, written by three physicists with expertise in missile defense.
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