"The fictional interceptors in the movie miss their target and we understand this is intended to be a compelling part of the drama intended for the entertainment of the audience, but results from real-world testing tell a vastly different story. The memo added that the US's missile interceptors have displayed a 100% accuracy rate in testing for more than a decade."
"Oppenheim, former president of NBC News, said that he spoke to many missile defence experts, all on the record our missile defence system is highly imperfect. He added: What we show in the movie is accurate. In the film, ground-based interceptor missiles, launched from Alaska, fail to stop a nuclear strike on Chicago. However, nuclear physicist Laura Grego, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, told Bloomberg that the threat represented in the film was arguably the most straightforward that the US might have to deal with."
Pentagon officials questioned the accuracy of a movie's depiction of US missile defenses and cited decades of near-perfect test results. The movie depicts ground-based interceptors launched from Alaska failing to stop a nuclear strike on Chicago. Filmmakers defended the depiction after consultation with missile-defense experts who described the system as imperfect. Outside experts noted the film's scenario lacks decoys, multiple incoming ICBMs, and attacks on defense elements, making the portrayed threat relatively straightforward. The US currently fields 44 ground-based interceptors and awarded a $13.3 billion contract to Northrop Grumman in 2020.
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