Q and O ask an excellent question.
Taepodong-2: Anti-missile defense drone?: I can't imagine a more fitting response to the impending North Korean missile test than success in shooting the missile down (assuming our system works as advertised). They test their missile, we test our missile interceptor. Let's face it, we only have the word of a notoriously unreliable regime that it's a test. Once the missile clears North Korean air space, it becomes fair game.There is buzz on the net that President Reagan’s vision of a missile defense is coming of age, exactly at the time it is needed most. Back in the day, a fear of death could make mutually assured destruction a viable way of keeping missiles in the tubes. The real problem of the 21st century is the rogue launch.
Star Wars Now: Remember the scoffing when Ronald Reagan first proposed a ballistic missile defense? A typical example: in 1985 an aide to House Armed Services Committee Chairman Les Aspin, the Wisconsin Democrat, announced, "Star Wars research is an imprudent use of taxpayers' dollars. By continuing it, we're essentially throwing money into a bottomless pit."I had a few earlier thoughts on the subject here. I have no doubt every military on the planet would love the see the experiment simply to learn how good United States technology has become. The real kicker is that North Korea has invested their national pride in a rocket propelled by a liquid fuel so corrosive it eats metal. If they load it they will launch it.
