An interceptor missile being hoisted at Fort Greely, Alaska. U.S. Army
L.A. Times: Serious flaws revealed in U.S. anti-missile nuclear defense against North Korea
Two serious technical flaws have been identified in the ground-launched anti-missile interceptors that the United States would rely on to defend against a nuclear attack by North Korea.
Pentagon officials were informed of the problems as recently as last summer but decided to postpone corrective action. They told federal auditors that acting immediately to fix the defects would interfere with the production of new interceptors and slow a planned expansion of the nation's homeland missile defense system, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office.
As a result, all 33 interceptors now deployed at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara County and Ft. Greely, Alaska, have one of the defects. Ten of those interceptors — plus eight being prepared for delivery this year — have both.
Update: GAO Report: US Anti-Missile Interceptors Have Serious Technical Flaws -- Newsmax
WNU Editor: You cannot make this stuff up .... the Pentagon knows that there are serious flaws n these missiles .... but who cares .... lets spend the money and deploy them anyway.