North Korea, here we come?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

So...The Patriot anti missile system worked pretty well a decade ago against short range missiles, but with advances in technology over the last decade we can't shoot down a long range missile?

Define pretty well"

Originally Posted by U.S. House of Representatives testimony

"The results of these studies are disturbing. They suggest that the Patriot's intercept rate during the Gulf War was very low. The evidence from these preliminary studies indicates that Patriot's intercept rate could be much lower than ten percent, possibly even zero." (Statement of Theodore A. Postol before the U.S. House Of Representatives Committee on Government Operations, April 7, 1992

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