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US Tests New Missile Defense
pumpkinpuss writes "The US military yesterday shot down a missile in a test simulating a long-range ballistic missile attack by a potential adversary such as North Korea or Iran. The target missile was launched from Kodiak Island, Alaska, at 3:04 PM Eastern time, tracked simultaneously by several ground and ship-based radars, and intercepted by a 'kill vehicle' 3,000 kilometers away over the Pacific 25 minutes later, according to the Missile Defense Agency. Lt. Gen. Patrick O'Reilly said, 'The kill vehicle was sent to a very accurate spot in space giving us great confidence.'"
Reader gilgsn points out the testing of a different "multiple kill vehicle" by Lockheed Martin, which was able to hover over the ground and track a target. Video of the test (WMV) is also available.
Nice to see that our tax dollars are going towards a good cause.
The stinky Arabs have no claim to any of that land. It was Jewish land long before that pig fucker Mohammed ever came along. If anything, those Arab bastards should repent and give back all the land they stole from the Jews.
Georgia attacking Russia
Er, what??? Do you actually believe what Putin says? Since when defending yourself against attacks from (Russian-sponsored) terrorists from YOUR OWN TERRITORY "attacking Russia"?
Either you're trolling, or... I don't really want to know what could be an "or"...
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Actually the chances we're going to need this during the Obama administration are probably a lot less than during the Bush years as Obama isn't likely to go pissing off every other country in the world like Bush did.