Missile test not under actual conditions, report says Monday, July 3, 2000 UNITED STATES | A pending third test of the National Missile Defense [NMD] shield being developed by the Pentagon will not take place under conditions remotely resembling an actual missile firing, Time Magazine reported in editions on newsstands on Monday. According to the magazine, a crucial test for the planned national missile defense system is being conducted Friday under conditions far more favorable than an actual attack would allow. For example, the report said, crews firing interceptor missiles from a Pacific atoll will know exactly the time and trajectory of the target missile. And, said Time, such thorough knowledge of a launch would not be available during an actual emergency. The magazine said the Pentagon's chief weapons tester saying all attempted intercepts until 2004 will have intercept crews fully briefed on the "timing, direction and countermeasures" employed by incoming "enemy" missiles. The report implies that the Pentagon may be fixing the tests to ensure a favorable outcome, so planners can proceed with the development of the NMD shield -- which is opposed by most U.S. allies, Russia, and China. Time quoted Philip Coyle, the chief weapons tester, as saying such advantages "place significant limitations" on the test's actual value. The current development schedule for the system, which will cost at least $30 billion, would have tests advanced far enough by 2005 to put its first 20 interceptors in the field. This week's test will be pivotal to President Clinton's decision, expected this fall, whether to give a go-ahead for further development. Clinton, reports said last week, is expected to approve the development of the shield. However, the next president, experts said, will have to decide whether full deployment can be achieved and whether to proceed. http://www.usdefense.com/july2000/A/3/story3.htm <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
