Experts Urge Replacement of U.S. Missile Defense Plan

Global Security Newswire
November 1, 2010

The United States should replace its Ground-based Midcourse Defense and Standard Missile 3 systems with unmanned aerial vehicles capable of downing long-range nuclear-tipped missiles in their powered phase of flight, two analysts said in an article due for publication today in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The defensive strategy outlined in the Obama administration’s April 2010 Nuclear Posture Review relies on the “technical myth” that the GMD and SM-3 systems are tested and accurate …

Each system, though, is marred by irreparable technological issues that place in question their ability to strike the necessary component of an enemy ballistic missile incorporating specific countermeasures …

The situation is urgent, as Iran is already demonstrating countermeasures in flight tests that would render both the GMD and SM-3 long-range missile defense systems ineffective …

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