"Faith" in missile defenses

The Pentagon is "very confident" that it could defend the U.S. against the threat of an Iranian ballistic missile strike, the Defense Department's chief spokesman said Wednesday.

A recent Defense Department report to Congress concludes that Iran could develop a missile capable of striking the United States by 2015. Iran already has the largest deployed ballistic missile force in the Middle East, consisting of about 1,000 missiles capable of hitting targets up to 1,200 miles away, the report warns.

The U.S. has 25 long-range interceptor missiles based in Alaska and California, as part of a system designed to defend the nation against an attack from North Korea or Iran.

Eight of 14 tests of the interceptors have been successful, while the remaining tests suffered software glitches and other technical problems. But U.S. officials say the system should still work in the event of an attack.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/21/1590811/us-confident-it-could-defeat-iranian.html

We were going to install defensive missiles in Eastern Europe to protect us from Iranian missiles.

But, Obama cancelled that program as premature and unnecessary.

Instead, we rely on "25 long-range interceptor missiles based in Alaska and California". When this system was tested, only "8 of 14" worked.

And, we just found out Iran will have more missiles, and sooner, than we initially thought.

Heck of a job.