The Iranian Missile Crisis -- A Commentary

This missile launched Saturday in Kauai became the missile defense program's latest success. (Photo from IBDeditorial)

From The IBDeditorials:

National Security: While the U.S. scores yet another successful missile intercept, the missile defense chief warns that Iran could target all of Europe and the U.S. within five years. It's 3 a.m., and the phone is ringing.

Our "unproven" missile defense system scored another successful intercept of a ballistic missile on Saturday. A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) launched from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) intercepted a target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, Kauai, Hawaii.

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