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Originally posted by ltl/fb
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.
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Thus, the disconnect between the apparent results and the lack of trumpeting by Rumsfeld, Cheney, et al. Success probably being defined as meeting the goal of the test, rather than meeting the ultimate objective of the program.
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
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?
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I don't think that there is any continuing project to use Patriots against ballistics. I think that Spanky is on the Patriot point to establish a baseline of some success with (short-? medium-? range) missile defense.
