Word: interceptive
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...most powerful, best-equipped armed forces in the world and the capacity to destroy the entire Korean peninsula while the first North Korean missile would still be en route to the American continent. Presently, there is no way to intercept such a missile in flight before hitting the U.S., but I am pretty confident that North Korea's leader would not want to see South Korea become an island before his own missile ever reaches its target. In this regard, I feel pretty safe...
...presence of the real target. The Pentagon concedes the October test might not have succeeded if the decoy hadn't appeared so vivid to the interceptor's sensors. "The large balloon aided in acquisition of the target," Coyle says. "It is uncertain whether the interceptor could have achieved an intercept in the absence of the balloon." In short, the decoy is hardly a decoy. Critics maintain that future interceptors will be unable to distinguish more muted decoys from warheads, especially at long distances and supersonic speeds...
...missile-defense proposals while on a visit to Italy and the Vatican. Putin proposed the joint development of a missile-defense scheme that would protect the U.S., Russia and all of Europe from attacks by "rogue states." But unlike Washington's plan to build an umbrella to intercept incoming missiles before they reach U.S. soil, the Russians propose the joint development of a system of interceptors stationed near missile-capable "rogue states" that would target their missiles immediately after firing and destroy them in the "boost phase," before they leave the stratosphere...
...plot's just barely there. College student Josh (Meyer) accidentally sends his long-distance girlfriend a videotape of his drunken infidelity, and with three days to intercept the tape, he drags along some friends on the road trip from Ithaca, New York to Austin, Texas. For most of the movie, then, plot becomes irrelevant-the script uses the empty time on the road to pack in as many laughs as possible. You'll watch Josh & Co. try to clear a broken bridge with their rich friend's new car. You'll visit Josh's grandmother's house and visit with...
...about what the U.S. knows of the spread of weapons around the world, but also could alert adversaries that the U.S. is spying on them and how. Said a former senior intelligence official: "If it is Gamma, then the fact of its substance being known could also blow an intercept source. It could blow someone's cover...