Y6 bil missile test by Maritime Self-Defense Force fails in Hawaii

Thursday 20th November, 03:10 PM JST

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TokyoGas at 08:00 PM JST - 20th November

A swing and a miss, strike 1.
franz75 at 08:44 PM JST - 20th November

WOW! that is an expensive firework. The most sadest thing is that we can't attend the event drinking beers and eat some yakitori.
WilliB at 09:44 PM JST - 20th November

Couldn´t they do this in August in Tokyo Bay? At least the populace would get some nice fireworks for all the tax money.
romulus3 at 10:11 PM JST - 20th November

Sure, it failed. That should appease the Russians. "Yeah, we are proliferating it but don't worry. It does not work. Its just for the public to feel reassured. The things a complete dud." I don't buy that. They rammed an asteroid with a probe, landed a rover on Mars, photoed far off solar systems complete with orbiting planets with the hubble, Can read the writing on your "I love mum" tattoo from space but cannot hit a ballistic missile with an interceptor? Propaganda.
Starviking at 10:47 PM JST - 20th November

Romulus, it's pretty hard to hit an incoming ballistic missile, in fact before the current interceptor missiles were developed the only way of knocking a ballistic missile out was by using a nuclear tipped missile - like the US's old Sprint and Spartan missiles.
romulus3 at 10:51 PM JST - 20th November

Starviking,

The missiles are a decoy for the real interceptor. Lasers from defense /attack satellites. Propaganda.
Starviking at 11:21 PM JST - 20th November

I doubt it Romulus - you'd need a hell of a lot of laser satellites in orbit to ensure global coverage - how are they going to get up there? When they were working on SDI in the 80's they were looking at nuclear rockets to launch 'em all. What do we have these days? A shuttle that in a good year launches 4 times?
romulus3 at 12:38 AM JST - 21st November

Starviking,

they are already up there. Been there a long time. Laser tech is old. It can do the job. just remember, you are at least 20 years behind what the US has in their Arsenal.
mushroomcloud at 01:47 AM JST - 21st November

What this article does not mention is that the US Raytheon missile has hit incoming missiles with 16 out of 20 tries. Not a perfect record for sure, but not too shabby either.
Starviking at 07:19 AM JST - 21st November

@mushroomcloud

Interesting. Standard practice is to shoot two missiles at an incoming target - so interception might be easier.
apecNetworks at 12:04 PM JST - 21st November

SDF can get some mileage out of a single trajectory interceptor system, but to defend Japan Proper, a larger plane field of intense transmission should be researched and developed ( as posted before, electromagnetic-type), though the level of development now is rudimentary.
Starviking at 07:01 PM JST - 21st November

@apecNetworks

Could you put that in words a scientist could understand?
apecNetworks at 08:16 AM JST - 22nd November

Yes, there is much to be desired in the wording.
Starviking at 12:26 AM JST - 23rd November

@apecNetworks

Are you talking about advanced lasers - or something else?
eolakamanu at 11:50 AM JST - 29th June

Hello! What if???!!! With all this dialogue going on & you guys trying to "one up" each other: So what happens IF something goes wrong & nobody hits the missiles aimed at Hawaii (who cares if they can reach Hawaii or not)Suppose they do, and they're not taken out - what about the destruction, what about the aftermath, will there be a tsunami, does it trigger an earthquake, what about emergency evacuation or preparedness??!! There is no where to go on an island! This barely received media attention, someone phoned me to tell me that they had heard about it in the state of Washington.