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Without reading the article I'll offer it's because it's more important to get as much data as you can from them while they're in flight and the US military did
by oblib 9y ago
Without reading the article I'll offer it's because it's more important to get as much data as you can from them while they're in flight and the US military did shoot one down they launched recently to test the tech they have.
- randcraw 9y agoOne of the problems with the Patriot missiles used in Iraq was that they often followed the target scud missile all the way down to the ground before making contact, thereby causing more civilian destruction than the scud alone, especially when the scud was also a dud. Damaging residential communities in the japanese countryside in order to intercept unarmed missiles from NK would not be smart politics.