I am not familiar with this particular test but I do know that previous tests were set up and not real tests at all.
I have a friend who oversees some of the missile defense contractors and will ask him next time I see him on thier current progress. My cousin who was in the military and now writes programs for satelites may also have some more info. on this. I hope it is true.
We need real progress when it comes to missile defense but up to this point, it has not been there.
Technology is getting better and better every day though.
You can put missiles into two broad categories. One is the kind of missile that is usually shorter range (although we have some longer range ones) that cruise just above the earth, and the other is kind that is long range and gets sent on a trajectory that goes into space briefly and then falls down to the target on earth. The article claims success in the latter, not the former as I read it. The system is not even deployed right now, but is supposed to be in the fall.
Although many ships have the capability of defending themselves from missile attack and pretty much know the vulnerabilities and distance requirements for protection, they are usually limited to a very defined small area when it comes to defending against the shorter range missiles and this usually assumes no missile avoidence technology but rather a straight shot.
This is not my area of expertise but I will try to check up on it.
It would be great if Japan could have a reliable missile defense instead of having to go nuclear. I don't think it is that reliable up to now for type of missiles N. Korea is maybe developing and nothing will prevent an attack on Seoul S. Korea given the close proximity to the border.
I have a friend who oversees some of the missile defense contractors and will ask him next time I see him on thier current progress. My cousin who was in the military and now writes programs for satelites may also have some more info. on this. I hope it is true.
We need real progress when it comes to missile defense but up to this point, it has not been there.
Technology is getting better and better every day though.
You can put missiles into two broad categories. One is the kind of missile that is usually shorter range (although we have some longer range ones) that cruise just above the earth, and the other is kind that is long range and gets sent on a trajectory that goes into space briefly and then falls down to the target on earth. The article claims success in the latter, not the former as I read it. The system is not even deployed right now, but is supposed to be in the fall.
Although many ships have the capability of defending themselves from missile attack and pretty much know the vulnerabilities and distance requirements for protection, they are usually limited to a very defined small area when it comes to defending against the shorter range missiles and this usually assumes no missile avoidence technology but rather a straight shot.
This is not my area of expertise but I will try to check up on it.
It would be great if Japan could have a reliable missile defense instead of having to go nuclear. I don't think it is that reliable up to now for type of missiles N. Korea is maybe developing and nothing will prevent an attack on Seoul S. Korea given the close proximity to the border.