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Originally Posted by dramamama
Tests for Missile Defense -- have proven that it does work--many hits above average for the MDA--I can get more numbers for you in a bit, but don't believe Obama when he says it doesn't work. It does.
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Military experts say that missle defense cannot tell real from dummy missle, its useless in practical terms, but we throw billions at it every year.
"we have spent over $120 billion on missile defense in the past 25 years; that the annual budget is expected to double by 2013 to $19 billion; and that the current $10 billion per year is equal to one-third of the Homeland Security budget, roughly equal to the State Department budget, greater than the FEMA budget
there are fewer ballistic missiles today than 10-20 years ago; fewer hostile missiles potentially threatening the US
Rep. Stephen Lynch asked whether the allocation of resources is proportional to the threat. "Absolutely not. I believe that the Ballistic Missile Defense program is the longest running scam in the history of the Department of Defense,"
Cirincione said. "This is an enormous waste of money We're no further along in our ability to actually hit a real ballistic missile now than we were 20 years ago."
With the Administration requesting a record $12.3 billion for missile defense this year, pushing its European-based missile defense system on Czech and Polish citizens who want nothing to do with it, and fueling a
new arms race with Russia, the need to put an end to this madness is clear. "
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