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60 Minutes Attacks Patriot Missile Defenses

February 25, 2004 :: CBS News :: News

A piece by 60 Minutes which attacks the Patriot missile defense system marks something of a turnaround with missile defense critics. For decades naysayers have complained that missile defense will not work, and speculated that it is impossible to hit a bullet with a bullet. A new tack now appears to be that missile defenses indeed work, but are too effective, locking on to planes as well as missiles. Of course, the Patriot was designed as both an air defense and a missile defense weapon. The friendly fire incidents are certainly tragic, but it is worth consideration how critics have shifted gears so completely.
        Despite such objections, the PAC-3 is widely being bought by countries around the world. Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and many others are lining up to purchase the Patriot interceptor.

 

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