In 2006, a sea-based radar system could be used to track incoming missiles but not to intercept them. But in tests late last year, the Missile Defense Agency used the X-band for the first time to guide the interceptors to targets. Associated PressFrom The L.A. Times:
Military officials cite radar advances as one reason they think a North Korean rocket could be intercepted.
Reporting from Washington -- Top Pentagon officials have grown increasingly confident in the nation's missile defense system at a time when North Korea is threatening to conduct a long-range launch, leading to speculation of a possible showdown in the exosphere.
Though military officials said a clash between missiles of opposing nations was unlikely, preparations for possible action are at the most advanced stage yet. That is in part because of fears that a North Korean test as early as this weekend could involve a missile directed toward Hawaii.
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My Comment: No where in the article is there any mention that the budget for this program has been cut. But critics do have a point .... after spending $100 billion dollars .... is this all that we have to show for it?
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