Saturday, July 28, 2012

Is Missile Defense A Failure?

The Failures of Missile Defense -- Philip Coyle, National Interest

Two recent scientific assessments of U.S. missile-defense efforts show that these programs are chasing scientific dead ends, unworkable concepts and a flawed overall architecture.

One assessment is the “Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force Report on the Science and Technology Issues of Early Intercept Missile Defense Feasibility”; the other is a report by the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academy of Sciences, “Making Sense of Missile Defense.”

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My Comment: Not a reassuring post on missile defense.

1 comment:

Orion said...

I guess all those missiles shot down by Iron Dome and Patriot are unworkable concepts.

And that laser they've got shooting down mortars is a scientific dead end.

Orion