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  • U.S. Missile Shield Won't Work: Scientist Group

    05/13/2004 8:17:24 AM PDT · by epluribus_2 · 47 replies · 994+ views
    reuters ^ | 1 hour, 11 minutes ago | By Jim Wolf
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The multibillion-dollar U.S. ballistic missile shield due to start operating by Sept. 30 appears incapable of shooting down any incoming warheads, an independent scientists' group said on Thursday. A technical analysis found "no basis for believing the system will have any capability to defend against a real attack," the Union of Concerned Scientists said in a 76-page report titled Technical Realities. The Pentagon (news - web sites)'s Missile Defense Agency rejected the report. "It will provide a defense against incoming missiles for the first time in this country's history," said Richard Lehner, an agency spokesman. The Pentagon's...