Military leaders are confident that 100 interceptors and one powerful new tracking radar will be a huge challenge, with the radar perhaps the biggest challenge. Although the island suffers from some of the worst weather on the planet, officials say it provides the best view from American soil for tracking a missile launched from North Korea, China or Russia. The Pentagon is confident the system can be built. They say it will be enough to stop two or three missiles and to distinguish them from any decoys that a rogue nation would be capable of making. Given enough time and money, proponents say they can build a missile defense that will work.
Critics think the system is bound to fail.
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