U.S. missile defense test successful

Will wonders never cease? Our beloved federal government actually can do a few things right:

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A ground-based missile successfully intercepted a target missile Friday in a test of the nation's defense system, the Missile Defense Agency said. An intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor blasted out of an underground silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base shortly after 1:15 p.m., and tracked a target missile that had lifted off from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska, the Boeing Co. said in a statement.
The Missile Defense Agency said initial results show the interceptor's rocket motor system and kill vehicle performed as planned. Boeing said the warhead was tracked, intercepted and destroyed

How can this be? The wise sages of the left have been telling us smugly for years that "Star Wars" was an impossible pipe dream. (All the while ignoring the fact that the Soviets seemed very perturbed by the fact that we might develop a viable missile defense system).

And I recall the Clinton administration canceled all research on Star Wars. At the same time, North Korea and Iran were developing better and better offensive ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons to put on them.

The article goes on to mention that we now have operational interceptor missiles at Vandenburg AFB and at Fort Greely, Alaska. We can thank Bush for this, not Clinton. If Hillary is elected will she continue the development and deployment of missile defense? I doubt it.