Will missile shields really work if there is an attack?

Ask the Russians, they have had a missile shield around Moscow since the end of the cold war.  more

The concept of missile shields in a peaceful world, is to prevent attacks through denying the enemy the use of his missiles. This means that like mutual assured destruction, the idea that prevented nuclear war during the Cold War, it cancels the usefulness of nuclear missiles. Atomic weapon development is very expensive, as well as the development of missiles that can bring your bombs to their targets, thus creating a threat. During the Cold War, there was a ban on developing anti-missile technology until the 1980's, since the technology wasn't there yet, to make it work anyway. We have that technology now. Anti-missiles are expensive, and even more expensive to develop, but they have already been proven in the Gulf and Iraq Wars. Iraqi scuds fired at Israel were mostly shot down, rendering their use as ineffective, and a waste of resources. they were mildly effective though, as a weapon of fear and propaganda, but they still didn't work at their intended goal, drawing Israel into ...  more

No. They are pretty easy to work around. Its just an excuse to give billions of dollars in pork to defense contractors that support Republicans.  more