a nightmare indeed
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US missile defences fired 5 shots at an incoming target -- and it looks as if they all missed
Dec 5, 2017, 2:01 AM
- Officials have said that interceptors from a US missile defence system took out a ballistic missile fired at an airport in Saudi Arabia, but a new analysis by The New York Times suggests that didn’t happen.
- The likely failure of the US missile defence system shows a weakness as Saudi Arabia’s enemies seem intent on firing more and more missiles.
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https://www.businessinsider.com.au/us-missile-defenses-fired-5-saudi-houthi-riyadh-missed-2017-12?r=US&IR=T
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Fears US missile defence shield would FAIL to stop Kim Jong-un’s nukes ‘after same system let a warhead through in Saudi’
Reports that Saudi forces using American military technology blasted a missile launched by rebels in neighbouring Yemen out of the sky are said to be false
Updated: 5th December 2017, 4:38 am
A US MISSILE defence shield might not stop Kim Jong-un's nuclear weapons causing mass destruction after the same system "failed to stop a warhead fired at Saudi Arabia".
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5067977/fears-us-missile-defence-shield-would-fail-to-stop-kim-jong-uns-nukes-after-same-system-let-a-warhead-through-in-saudi/
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Missile Defense Madness: Myth Of Perfect Patriots, Magic THAAD, And The ICBM Shield
The reliability and capability claims attributed to anti-ballistic missile systems are getting way out of step with reality.
December 4, 2017
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/16652/missile-defense-madness-myth-of-perfect-patriots-magic-thaad-and-the-icbm-shield