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This video shows missile defense is basically useless against Russian or North Korean nukes

Alex Lockie

Jun. 27, 2017, 9:29 AM 75,349

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FILE PHOTO: A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo The US spends billions on missile defense, but maybe that's not a good idea. Thomson Reuters

The US has spent billions of dollars developing a complicated network of sensors, radars, and interceptor missiles to thwart nuclear-missile attacks on the homeland, but a simple, cost-effective step could render them useless.

Oddly enough, it comes down to balloons.

When a ballistic missile is launched, the warhead separates from the rocket early in flight. The rocket then arcs above the earth back down toward the target.

Any country that can build an intercontinental ballistic missile could also build a handful of balloon decoys. Basically, the head of the warhead is packed with balloons. Once the missile leaves the atmosphere and the warhead releases, the balloons inflate, and one of them surrounds the nuclear warhead.

Because the warhead is now outside the atmosphere, the light balloons travel just as fast as the heavy warhead, and they all have the same radar signature. When the interceptor missile goes to hit the warhead, it finds dozens of balloons.

Hit-to-kill missile interception has been described as hitting a speeding bullet with another speeding bullet. Now imagine there are dozens of bullets, and some are fake.
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U.S. missile defense test fails to intercept target over Pacific

A SM-3 Block IIA guided missile during its first live-fire test on June 6, 2015.
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A joint missile defense test conducted by the U.S. and Japan failed to intercept a targeted rocket over the Pacific on Wednesday, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said.

The failed attempt was the second intercept test of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile, which is being developed by the U.S. and Japan to intercept medium- and intermediate-range ballistic rockets. The first test in February was successful.

Wednesday's test included the launch of a medium-range ballistic missile from a base in Hawaii at 7:20 p.m. local time, the MDA said in a release. The USS John Paul Jones, a guided-missile destroyer outfitted with the Aegis weapon system, tracked the missile, launching an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile to intercept the target.
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However, the intercept "was not achieved," the MDA said, providing no further details.

"Program officials will conduct an extensive analysis of the test data" and release additional information following a review, the agency said.

The Japanese Ministry of Defense participated in Wednesday's test. Japan is a key U.S. and South Korean ally, and U.S. missile defense programs utilize radar systems based in the country.

The test comes as the U.S. seeks to counter the threat from North Korea's missile program amid rising tensions in the region. The North Korean regime has conducted multiple missile tests in recent months, including a May 14 test of a medium-range rocket that was its most successful to date. U.S. intelligence believes the country is intent on developing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capable of reaching U.S. soil.
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In May, the U.S. successfully shot down a target resembling an ICBM in a test for the first time. That test featured a missile launched from the California coast intercepting a rocket outfitted with a mock warhead over the Pacific, in what the MDA called "an incredible accomplishment."

In an interview with "CBS This Morning" co-host Norah O'Donnell, recently elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in called North Korea's missile program "a matter of life and death."

"I believe when it comes to North Korea's nuclear missile threats, it is the Republic of Korea that is more dire," Moon said. "For the United States the North Korean threat is a future threat on the horizon. But for us this is a matter of life and death."


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