Friday, July 24, 2009

U.S., Israel Abort Missile Test

A 2005 photo shows the launch of an Arrow missile in Israel. A test of a missile-defense shield being developed by the U.S. and Israel was aborted this week. Associated Press

From The Wall Street Journal:

TEL AVIV -- Israeli and U.S. military officials this week aborted a test of a missile-defense shield under development by the two countries, raising questions about the reliability of Israel's defenses against a potential Iranian attack.

The news, which military officials were careful not to characterize as a failure of the Israeli missile-defense program, comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East over the strengthening of Iranian hawks loyal to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Read more ....

My Comment: If at first you do not succeed ... try, try, try again.

But (from my point of view) please watch the bottom line.

No comments: