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The US’ most recent failure to intercept a missile after shooting an interceptor from Hawaii led to diminished confidence in the country’s ballistic missile defenses. A new report adds insult to injury: the test cost $130 million to complete.

The Missile Defense Agency revealed Tuesday that the unsuccessful interception on January 31, a trial run that tested a SM-3 missile from an Aegis test site, cost $130 million.

The developmental SM-3 interceptor cost $36 million while the dummy intermediate range missile ran $40 million. The rest of the expenses were incurred from using the Pacific Missile Range facility, utilizing multiple radars and sensors and compensating the 350 personnel required to carry out the test, according to the Missile Defense Agency.

mrswdk wrote:lol, $130m to play target practice with a missile?

China said it has successfully tested a mid-course anti-missile defence system within its own territory.

Mid-course interception involves destroying a ballistic missile while it is flying in space before re-entering the atmosphere.

GoranZ wrote:

The US’ most recent failure to intercept a missile after shooting an interceptor from Hawaii led to diminished confidence in the country’s ballistic missile defenses. A new report adds insult to injury: the test cost $130 million to complete.

The Missile Defense Agency revealed Tuesday that the unsuccessful interception on January 31, a trial run that tested a SM-3 missile from an Aegis test site, cost $130 million.

The developmental SM-3 interceptor cost $36 million while the dummy intermediate range missile ran $40 million. The rest of the expenses were incurred from using the Pacific Missile Range facility, utilizing multiple radars and sensors and compensating the 350 personnel required to carry out the test, according to the Missile Defense Agency.

Failed US Ballistic Missile Interception? That Will Cost $130 Million

So after all it turns out that Kim Jong-un can harm US mainland
Bernie Sanders is your nuclear shelter equipped with appropriate toilet and solid toilet ventilation... or you will use diapers

"This was a developmental and operational test of a new capability and utilizes a missile variant not yet in production,"

saxitoxin wrote: We now have less capability in 2018 than we had in 1978.

Bernie Sanders wrote:$130 million is the gross domestic value of Macedonia.

waauw wrote:Fake news. This wasn't the actual american missile system failing, this was merely a new type of missile still in development. To quote your own article:

"This was a developmental and operational test of a new capability and utilizes a missile variant not yet in production,"

2dimes wrote:So your stance is, if a missile makes it to US soil, then they unload retaliatory missiles and North Korea becomes a radioactive smoldering hole.

Kim can declare victory?

saxitoxin wrote:And the U.S. wouldn't even be in this position if the U.S. hadn't attacked Libya.

Bush told Qaddafi if he got rid of his nuclear program the U.S. would leave him alone. He got rid of it and Obama promptly killed him.

So OFC Kim won't get rid of his nukes. Trump is having to clean up the Bush-Obama mess.

GoranZ wrote:

waauw wrote:Fake news. This wasn't the actual american missile system failing, this was merely a new type of missile still in development. To quote your own article:

"This was a developmental and operational test of a new capability and utilizes a missile variant not yet in production,"

Some versions of SM-3 are already operational. I guess this one is updated version that will have to stop all North Korean missiles...
After all for efficient counterattack North Koreans need 5-10% of their nuclear missiles to be able to pass the US missile defense. Not being able to achieve 100% efficiently is more or less equal to defeat for the Americans.