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 …
