The Constitution: Just weeks ago, the people of Hawaii were treated to the shock of their lifetimes, as they received warnings of an imminent ballistic missile attacks, presumably originating from North Korea.
The alert, which ended with the ominous phrase “THIS IS NOT A TEST” in all caps, was merely an accident, sent during a training mission by an unwary and confused defense system employee. Just this week, we learned that this particular employee may have believed that a missile threat was truly imminent before pulling the proverbial trigger on the warning system – a fact that has only raised more concerns about the reliability of Hawaii’s preparations for such an attack.
Today, however, news has broken of yet another reason why Americans living and vacationing in Hawaii should be worried, and it is surely a more serious concern than an accidental button push by an absent minded trainee.
“A test shoot of the SM-3 Block IIA fired from an Aegis Ashore test site in Hawaii failed Wednesday, CNN has reported. The missile is designed to intercept ballistic missiles.
“If confirmed, it would mark the second unsuccessful test of the Raytheon missile in the past year. It also deals a setback to U.S. missile defense efforts as North Korea makes seemingly daily progress on it goal of striking the U.S. mainland with nuclear-armed missiles.
“CNN was first to report the failed test.”
I’m just going to leave it at that.
I’m sure that CNN gleefully reported this result.
Hitting a missile with a missile requires really intense rocket science and engineering — it’s like hitting a bullet with a bullet. There have been many successful intercepts with SM3s also Aegis Ashore is a relatively new method of ICBM intercept for the Navy.
Just a thought, what if it was not a failure but we wanted rocket man to think that. Entice him to launch one of his “lil’dong III” missile’s at us.
We could then go “full mad dog Mattis” on his ass and put an end to his garbage. A win / win for the people of North Korea
The democrats impeded Strategic Defense from the beginning. It would have been perfected long ago were it not for their interference.
HUH… Homer Simpson really was in charge of a nuclear button. Who knew the cartoon was based on a real character?
We need to notify the Norks that we also utilize the dead hand nuclear deterrence system. See if that sinks in with those blubber heads.
Were it the real thing, we may have launched more than one.
IF you think their missile defenses system is screwed up you should see their birth Certificate reporting system