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May 18, 2010

Study: Pentagon Falsely Claimed Missile System Success
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A new study is casting fresh doubt on the Obama administration’s
so-called "missile defense" system. Researchers at MIT and Cornell say
the Pentagon made false claims about the success rate of tests of a key
weapon known as the SM-3 last year. The military claimed the SM-3 had
intercepted 84 percent of incoming targets during the tests. But a new
evaluation says the missiles had a success rate of only ten to 20
percent. Study co-author and former Pentagon adviser Theodore Postol
said, "The system is highly fragile and brittle and will intercept
warheads only by accident, if ever." President Obama criticized the
missile system during his run for the White House but has since touted
it since taking office.



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