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Originally posted by Cletus Miller
I only noted the article in relation to the question of why Rumsfeld and Cheney aren't making hay about it--suggesting that perhaps the results were not as overwhelming positive as "successful 7 out of 8" would imply.
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I think that the "successful 7 out of 8" depends on a particular way of defining "successful." I do think that they are genuinely making headway, but consensus from most all people involved in the projects (other than politicians -- so, like, the military people and the people who make the thingies and the people who measure the effect of the shots) is that they aren't really very close to having something that would be effective in a real-world situation.
ETA Gatti's article was not about Patriot missiles, it was about M-3 somethings. Are they still working on projects that involve trying to get Patriots to hit ballistic missiles?
