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June 06, 2008
Yawn: Yet Another Successful Test of an ABM
This one taking out incoming missiles in the "terminal phase," the hardest phase to shoot a missile down, and of course the last opportunity to do so.
"Fireball, Fireball, Fireball!:" Two SM-2 explosive-kill missiles
streak into the sky in response to an incoming SCUD
(jargon-termed a "fireball")
Video of the shoot-down at Cuffy's link, available in all three popular formats: Regular visual, infra-red, and Predator Vision.
Contrasted with Barack Obama proudly announcing he'll stop funding research on ABM technology that "doesn't work."
Who you gonna believe, the Lamb of Chicago or your own lyin' eyes?
Judgment.