To: ArrogantBustard
The geometry doesn't let us intercept missiles on the way up. Missiles on the way down that land far away from the defense missile launch site.
For example, missile sites in Alaska and California don't help much against missiles launched at Pago Pago.
15 posted on
07/10/2006 9:34:07 PM PDT by
donmeaker
(If the sky don't say "Surrender Dorothy" then my ex wife is out of town.)
To: donmeaker
The geometry doesn't let us intercept missiles on the way up.
A beam weapon on a secret payload in outer space could do it with a meter mirror and reflected sunlight. And you could test it a million times without anyone knowing.
20 posted on
07/10/2006 10:32:18 PM PDT by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
To: donmeaker
Pago Pago isn't in "our general direction", unless we have one of the handful of 'upgraded' Aegis-equipped cruisers patrolling off Pago Pago. Boost phase is supposed to be taken care of by the not yet fully functional Airborne Laser.
23 posted on
07/11/2006 6:24:31 AM PDT by
ArrogantBustard
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