The Missile Defense Agency said the failure became apparent when an interceptor that was supposed to shoot down an incoming target missile carrying a mock warhead did not take off from the Ronald Reagan Test Site located on the
[I]t was the second failed test in a row for the beleaguered national missile defense system whose deployment was championed by President George W. Bush in his first term as a means of defending the country against missiles launched by "rogue states" such as North Korea or Iran…
(How appropriate is it that a test site that has failed every test be named for Ronald Reagan? If you ever start doubting your perception that Bush’s entire reason for wanting to be president is to line the pockets of the military-industrial complex and the awl bidness, just remember this story.)
