In key test, U.S. warship twice fails to
intercept ballistic missile in Pacific
Posted By: Ribicon, 5/30/2021 10:57:43 PM
A Navy warship and the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency on Saturday failed twice in a key test to shoot down a medium-range ballistic missile, raising questions about America’s readiness to intercept potential enemy attacks. The Defense Department did not reveal a specific location, but it’s believed the test took place somewhere off the coast of Hawaii. The announcement of the test’s failure comes just one day after the Biden administration requested a fiscal 2022 budget of $8.9 billion for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), down from its 2021 figure of $9.1 billion.(Snip) Perhaps adding insult to injury, a Russian naval surveillance ship
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Movement’ Spreading The
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‘Growing Violent Extremism
Movement’ Spreading The
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Fauci will be gone in 90 days
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Event Commemorating Tulsa Race Massacre
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$1 Million Each to Appear 32 replies
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Attorneys representing the survivors had originally agreed to a $100,000 appearance fee for each survivor and $2 million in reparations.
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Several Washington residents posted videos of the group and cheered as they left
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Our defensive missiles might not work, but USA's commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity, to rooting out White supremacists, and to putting transgender soldiers front and center as the face of our military is the envy of the world.