US Successfully Tests US Missile Intercept System

[Benton]

(07-31-2017, 12:31 PM)Au165 Wrote: I still question it's practical abilities. It is one thing to shoot down a missile that we know when it is being launched, from where, type of missile, and where it is heading. I think this is partially just propaganda to try and deter the use of weapons. If they want to really show it's power shoot down the next North Korean missile as soon as it hits international waters.

While hilarious, that would be taken as a hostile action until it leaves international air space; although if it flies into our air space we most likely would fire on it. Plus, it could backfire. If we tried to shoot it down and missed, we look pretty impotent.