"Not only that, but you'd end up shooting all of your missiles every 6 months" Absurd. Of course, you have spares to replace the ones to be fired.

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David F Mayer — 1/20/2005 6:02:10 PM (archived)

Sure, it would cost billions, but so what? Do you want a system that works? Or just payola to the defense ripoff artists?

Please explain how ANY OTHER mode of tesing could guarantee a reliable system? I am waiting!

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DoD taken over by lawyers - alcaray - 1/19/2005 4:24:19 PM
- figgered it out: "nascent operational capability" is what you use to counter "weapons of mass destruction-related program activities" (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2005 7:20:15 PM
- My personal opinion is that the Anti Ballistic Missile Defense Program is doomed to failure. - David F Mayer - 1/19/2005 10:55:40 PM
  - I think you are too pessimistic. - Scott Evil - 1/20/2005 2:21:43 PM
    - I said that the system should be tested against the number of missiles that it was designed to intercept. Not more. It would still fail miserably until quite a few FULL-SCALE tests like mine were per… (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/20/2005 6:04:09 PM
    - "The better our defenses, the less likely we are to be attacked." - are you sure? - LJ - 1/20/2005 5:52:24 PM
      - "Mr. President! We cannot allow a mineshaft gap!" - Mary Anne - 1/21/2005 2:08:17 AM
        
        Defenses - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2005 5:38:35 PM
        
        But wouldn't it be worth the extra money to give the ABM system a realistic test? - David F Mayer - 1/21/2005 9:06:13 PM
        
        "Infallible" defense and a false sense of security - Mary Anne - 1/21/2005 8:46:48 PM
        
        re: "Infallible" defense - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2005 10:32:53 PM
  - No, the reason why such tests will never be conducted... - Larry J - 1/20/2005 1:29:32 AM
    - "Not only that, but you'd end up shooting all of your missiles every 6 months" Absurd. Of course, you have spares to replace the ones to be fired. - David F Mayer - 1/20/2005 6:02:10 PM
      - You have no clue as to how complex systems are tested - Larry J - 1/20/2005 8:36:10 PM
        
        My point is simple: Only a FULL SCALE test can prove the reliability of such a system. Look at the "Patriot 1 Missile" It was a total failure. Why? Because it had never undergone a baptisim of fire. - David F Mayer - 1/21/2005 1:47:22 AM
        
        By your "reasoning"... - Larry J - 1/21/2005 2:34:44 PM
        
        By my reasoning, the only decent test is a full-scale REALISTIC test. - David F Mayer - 1/21/2005 9:00:19 PM
- I like Ann Coulters silly rhetoric better... - Davin :. - 1/19/2005 9:30:25 PM
- US Missile Test Failure Caused By 'Minor' Glitch: General - Bowser - 1/19/2005 4:36:00 PM
  - And if the integrated system were to be tested, hundreds of minor glitches would surface, rendering it totally worthless. - David F Mayer - 1/21/2005 1:49:04 AM

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