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Re:Did American Missile Defense Fail in Saudi Arabia? by credit_guy on Monday December 04, 2017 @10:09PM (#15849453)
Ballistic missiles are fast, but satellites are faster. In 2008 the US showed that an SM-3 missile can destroy a satellite [1]. this is the same type of missile that is deployed in the Aegis ABM defense system.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-161_Standard_Missile_3#A...

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