The Pentagon’s “Star Wars” missile-defense program has cost the taxpayers more than $100 BILLION dollars. What is it supposed to do? Shoot a missile at the enemies moving missile. But testing against practice targets hasn’t been going so well.
The military has relied on old targets, like 40-year old rockets, to test the system. (Is that accurate? Aren’t there any new missiles aimed at us?) A report released by the Government Accountability Office says that the failure rate rose from 7% in 2002-2005 to 16% in 2006-2007.
There was another $1 BILLION alloted to testing ‘new’ test targets, instead of 40-year-old missles. In 2002-2006, those new targets cost $6.5 Million each. But once Lockheed Martin took control of the program, costs went up. New targets are now going to cost us $48.5 Million. Only 8x higher costs.
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