Defective missile plan

Great! Now the federal government wants to make Maine a target for incoming missiles by siting one of their defective defensive missile systems here.

It’s defective because it has hit its target only five out of eight times. It managed the five because the target was not allowed to take defensive maneuvers, such as chaff, as an incoming missile would likely have. Setting up such a defective system is an enormous waste of taxpayer money and would leave us sitting ducks.

Shirley Mattson

Verona