Is there any way at all that any of the US missle defense systems could protect the US from a N.Korean...?

Question

...missle from a fake mechant ship off the coast of Cali?

Answer 1

If North Korea develops the technology to do this - we will simply accelerate the development of the THAAD missile system.

One thing you have to remember is that all US weapons get bad press and are denounced as 'failures' - until the are used in combat and demonstrate that they not only work, they are actually better than we were admitting.

Look up the history of 'troubled' US weapons that everybody said were junk right until they stomped the enemy flat. (M1 tank, F15, F16, M2 Bradley, cruise missile, GPS bomb etc.)

Answer 2

At the present time there is no recourse action for such an event. I'm sure that after the missle was to be fired a squadron of F-14s from the Navy or F-15s from the Air Force would sink the vessel within minutes.Or at least try to catch some of the terrorist.

Answer 3

The answer depends on the speed at which the missile is traveling. During WW2 planes were able to intercept V2 rockets so similar action could be taken with enough warning. Stationary gun emplacements and laser systems have also worked well at intercepting missiles, but the speed of the missile is what determines the effectiveness of these systems.

Answer 4

No

Just like North Korea couldn't stop the USA from vaporizing the entire country

Answer 5

The threat is to S.Korea and Japan basically not Us.We have a mutual defense treaty with both thou

Answer 6

The Patriot system was a flop, and they were only trying to stop the lowly SCUDs, an ICBM is traveling alot faster...

Answer 7

under present day circumstances? no

Those are very specific conditions you have stated though, I doubt we even allow a north korean ship to come anywhere near U.S. sovereign territory.

Answer 8

The tests of the system have thus far been less than stelar.

Answer 9

yea, blow them up first