[Flint]

It worked one time and that is considered a successful program? I can take a quiver of arrows and shoot them at a target 50 yards away, I might get one in the bullseye. That doesn’t make me a successful bow hunter.

[1Old Pro]

I can take a quiver of arrows and shoot them at a target 50 yards away, I might get one in the bullseye. That doesn’t make me a successful bow hunter.

No, but it does "prove" that it is possible.

[bert]

Yes but the fact is, you don’t have smart arrows

[chaosagent]

Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon. "Raytheon kill vehicles have now successfully completed nearly 50 space intercepts, which underscores our expertise and ability to design and develop these systems to defeat the evolving threat."

One Time? How about 50 times.

[Colorado Doug]

It worked one time and that is considered a successful program? I can take a quiver of arrows and shoot them at a target 50 yards away, I might get one in the bullseye. That doesn’t make me a successful bow hunter.

Better practice up with that bow. It looks like they have had eight successful intercepts so far. All at around 22,000 miles an hour. With a kill vehicle that weighs in at 140 pounds, that's a bit more energy that you are going to get out of that arrow of yours. Let's see . . . Looks like about 41,936,045 foot pounds. What's that arrow of yours get? Maybe 75 foot pounds? It can probably do a little better than fifty yards too.

Just putting things in perspective. Credit where credit is due.

[Colorado Doug]

On the other hand, I think that you might take home more usable meat than one might if you took one of these things hunting. Pink mist for miles