Scott Ritter reports that Russia tested a new ICBM on Christmas Eve that not even the hypothetical missile defense system the Pentagon hopes to one day build can intercept. Never mind that our current system can’t reliably intercept even the most rudimentary ICBM. I wonder whether pinning false hopes on missile defense has contributed to the Bush administration has done preventing nuclear proliferation.
Missile defense, the hilarity continues
Scott Ritter reports that Russia tested a new ICBM on Christmas Eve that not even the hypothetical missile defense system the Pentagon hopes to one day build can intercept. Never mind that our current system can’t reliably intercept even the most rudimentary ICBM. I wonder whether pinning false hopes on missile defense has contributed to the Bush administration has done preventing nuclear proliferation.
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