Last Thursday the commander of the U.S. Northern Command, Victor E. "Gene" Renuart, was quoted in the Washington Times stating that he had “high confidence” that US anti-ballistic missile defenses could “interdict [a North Korean ICBM] before it caused huge damage to any U.S. territory”.
While it remains vague what “huge damage” to US territory would constitute, I find myself focusing more on the high level of confidence in US ABM capability. Renuart mentioned that he would rely on Aegis (pictured above), Theater High-Altitude Area Defenses (THAAD) and Patriot missiles. The Aegis test record is by no means spotless, and I would be interested in seeing similar comprehensive records of the THAAD and Patriot defenses. Does anyone out there know a good place to get more info on these?
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