And Dean will re-introduce the ABM Treaty if elected.
I am so glad the test was successful! This will shut up the neysayers.
More interesting info from another article:
"Last December, President Bush (news - web sites) ordered the Pentagon (news - web sites) to have ready for use within two years a bare-bones system for defending American territory, troops and allies against attack by ballistic missiles, calling such action an essential step toward providing defenses against threats such as missiles armed with chemical, biological or nuclear warheads.
Under Bush's plan, 20 Standard Missile-3 interceptors would be placed aboard three Navy ships with improved versions of the Aegis system that uses radar to detect and track hostile missiles and cue on-board weapons to intercept them.
This sea-based system was outlawed under the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, but Bush gained the flexibility of testing it when the United States withdrew from the treaty last year. The plan also calls for the development of ground-based interceptors. "
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=718&e=6&u=/ap/20031211/ap_on_re_us/missile_defense_test "successfully engaged the target with hit-to-kill technology" But .....But ...... But, I thought the Council of Concerned Liberal Scientists said it couldn't be done.
NO FAIR, make 'em stop. This is suposed to be too hard.
/SARCASM
So9