N. Korea has nuclear missile capability to hit US territory

au1929 wrote:

Forgetting all the launch problems. They still have to prove when launched the system can track and destroy an incoming missile.

Well, they've proven that once they get close enough, the infrared seeker can work.

They of course haven't proven that the X-band radar will get the interceptor close enough, because they haven't built the X-band radar (at least that I know of).

oralloy wrote:

In the long run, 100 ICBMs, regardless of warheads or decoys, should be doable. That would cover China.

Okay, I'll bite. 100 ICBMs? That could equal, in the case they were carrying MIRVs, up to 1200 warheads.

Now, the system isn't operational so far. You say "in the long run". When exactly do you think this would be? 30 years? 50 years? Longer?

oralloy wrote:

au1929 wrote:

Forgetting all the launch problems. They still have to prove when launched the system can track and destroy an incoming missile.

Well, they've proven that once they get close enough, the infrared seeker can work.

They of course haven't proven that the X-band radar will get the interceptor close enough, because they haven't built the X-band radar (at least that I know of).

It's been proven that man could fly if only he could grow wings. Of course it hasn't been proven that he has wings yet.

A workable system requires all the parts to work. That is the problem we will always face with the system.

How do you implement a system that doesn't work yet? You don't. It's a complete waste of money.