Missile Defense Fails Again

7:21 pm EST February 1st, 2010 | News | 5 Comments

The ongoing Pentagon-fueled debacle marches forward.

According to an military news release, a Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) radar in the middle of the Pacific Ocean was supposed track a target missile launched from Kwajalein Atoll, relaying the data to a ground-based interceptor launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. While both the target missile and interceptor launched successfully, the interceptor failed to hit the target. According to the agency, the SBX ‘did not perform as expected.’

It was supposed to be a test of a new concept: using the SBX as the primary engagement radar for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. But it was was also supposed to be an advertisement for a missile defense system that was gradually working out the kinks.

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5 Responses to “Missile Defense Fails Again”

  1. Repack Rider says:
    February 1, 2010 at 7:47 pm

    Just another one of Ronald Reagan’s expensive and useless legacies.

    A$$hole.

  2. Quaker in a Basement says:
    February 1, 2010 at 8:31 pm

    While both the target missile and interceptor launched successfully, the interceptor failed to hit the target. According to the agency, the SBX ‘did not perform as expected.’

    Did not perform as expected? Well, they asked the wrong people what to expect, obviously. If they had asked me what to expect, they wouldn’t have to make this embarrassing admission, would they?

  3. jrfunkenstein says:
    February 1, 2010 at 9:41 pm

    Why don’t they just fire Reagan’s corpse at incoming missiles?

    Even the most lethal projectile will be instantly vaporized by the kick ass righteousness of the Berlin Wallinator.

    GO GO POWER REAGAN!

  4. merl says:
    February 2, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    I expected it to miss also.

  5. real estate building says:
    February 11, 2010 at 5:03 am

    Did not perform as expected? Well, they asked the wrong people what to expect, obviously. If they had asked me what to expect, they wouldn’t have to make this embarrassing admission, would they?