An SM-3 missile launched from an Aegis cruiser (Image: Rex Features)
US hopes of one day shooting down hostile nuclear missiles, long dubbed the “Star Wars” project, seemed to crash and burn after President Barack Obama cancelled US plans for missile defence in Europe last week. But Star Wars is not dead. Instead, Obama has a new plan that may finally make it realistic.
The original idea was that by 2015, 10 missile launchers would be installed in Poland to shoot down intermediate and long-range nuclear missiles (ICBMs), guided by high-definition radar in the Czech Republic. The technology was to…
