ovirt001 t1_iymddgg wrote
Eventually. It would be in the US' best interest to keep that a secret since knowledge of it would be extremely destabilizing. Russia and China would panic if they knew such a thing existed and act (even more) irrationally.
Granted that's assuming such a system does not already exist. The "Star Wars" program from the 80s was officially cancelled but the work continued into the 2000s from what we know of Lockheed Martin's MKV-L:
https://youtu.be/KBMU6l6GsdM
Also worth mention is that the cadence of missile defense tests is not what one would expect from a country trying to fully test the system. It's possible a high failure rate is reported to reassure international opponents.
UniversalMomentum t1_iymv5cq wrote
We put out stats saying AEGIS has a 80% intercept rate for it's intended use cases.. aka when you are in the mid-course path and have a launcher in range.
Ppl just don't stay updated on things that never happen so we pay no attention to ICBM defense in general.
danteheehaw t1_iynovoa wrote
THAAD looks impressive too.
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