doesn’t matter kids.  nothing will be able to pick out the weapons from the decoys and no way can all the crap coming at us be destroyed

the only purpose they can serve is offense

This is a boondoggle.A sewer where politicians can dump money to their favorite contractors.This as Mr Curley a previous commenter pointed out is theater.It is the appearance of security not real security.Create a fantasy like we are building these things because of Iran and then spend billions of dollars erecting a fantasy system.They should start these stories out"Once Upon A Time”.It should end up and"they ended up broke ever after”

You let me know when the USofA puts together a real wargame with these sorry little bottle rockets.

My old man taught at the war college. Here’s how it go…you want to know whether your shiny new defense toy is gonna work, you empower the red team with state of the art penetration (ooooh!) and encryption technologies - missiles, decoys, false signals and the like - and you arm the blue team with the counter-weapon to be tested. Both teams are ordered - ordered - by their braid-hat superior officers to whup them other boys.

When this sorry-ass Reagan-era star wars fantasy toy bests our own best at one of these straight-up games, then you come-a-callin’ asking should I defund health care to pay for the shield.

‘Til then, you’re blowing smoke, bud. And send your skag bill to the future, if you please; I have me some more immediate concerns here.

WR Curley
Elizabeth, Colorado