Pie in the sky

spacedaily.com

Reuters reports that:

Amid concerns over an expected North Korean missile launch, the United States has moved its ground-based interceptor missile defense system from test mode to operational, a U.S. defense official said on Tuesday.

Lord help us -- our half-baked missile defense shield has been activated. The only tests conducted so far have been gamed. Hopefully, we don't have any "friendly fire" incidents like the Patriot missiles when deployed in Israel.

A USA Today report has more to say on this.