U.S. Military Intercepts Missile in Test

WAPO ^ | 6-22-06 | AP

[OXENinFLA]

The Associated Press Thursday, June 22, 2006; 8:03 PM

HONOLULU -- A Navy ship on Thursday intercepted a medium-range missile warhead above the earth's atmosphere off Hawaii in the latest test of the U.S. missile defense program, the military said.

The Missile Defense Agency said the test had been scheduled for months and was not prompted by indications that North Korea was planning to test launch a long-range missile.

The USS Shiloh detected a medium-range missile after it was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, then fired a Standard Missile-3 interceptor.

The interceptor shot down the target warhead after it separated from its rocket booster, more than 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean and 250 miles northwest of Kauai, the agency said in a statement.

The test marked the seventh time in eight attempts the military has successfully shot down a missile target with an interceptor fired from a ship.

[BARLOCK]

Personally, I'd much prefer we just bomb the launch pad, AFPhys.

If you're going to commit an act of war, then you'd best be ready to fight a war.

Intercepting a missile headed in your direction is one thing, attacking a military target in a sovereign country is entirely something else.

I have no problems with preemption, for the most part, but if you're going to hit one target and start a war, you may as well just hit'em all and fight full-out from the beginning.

Pretty sure that's not really possible, the South wouldn't stand for it.

[tillacum]

I watched this snippy little turd question Kay Bailey Hutchinson. She sneered almost everytime Sen. Hutchinson made a statement. She is an arrogant, snippy, thoughtless etwas.

[tillacum]

Instead of Missle-3 interceptor, it should be named
"Right On".

[johnny7]

For SKorea's sake... I hope she's disappointed.

[colorado tanker]

The test marked the seventh time in eight attempts the military has successfully shot down a missile target with an interceptor fired from a ship.

The Dims and their liberal "scientist" allies have assured us for 25 years that this is not possible.

[meandog]

Note to military: You need to come up with a cooler name for this missile.

How 'bout instead of STANDARD Missile, STANDARD Hit-tile?

[mware]

If Congress had acted when Reagan wanted them to, our anti ballistic system would have been up and operational for 10 years.