On 9 Mar 2003 at 12:45, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: The War on Schools > >Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 17:43:58 -0000 > > > >On 9 Mar 2003 at 10:38, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > > Considering what we may have started with the DPRK, perhaps > > > cutting funding to antimissile systems isn't such a great idea > > > right now. :( *sigh* Jon > > > >If they WORKED vs ICBMs, I might be more interested. The only anti- > >missile systems which are even marginally effective are ship-launched > >and patriot anti-missile batteries (some of which are currently > >deployed in Israel for obvious reasons) > > > > They made their CNN debut in the Gulf War, if I'm not mistaken.
They failed miserably then. The system has been radically overhauled since. Israel also has it's own, long ranged anti-missile system whivh admitedly has a low hit ratio but strikes far enough out that the patriot system can engage the surviving targets. Andy Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
