Rick Lehner Quotes

It's difficult hitting something that is traveling at 15,000 miles per hour, especially when trying to avoid decoys and other interference. Many people think that we have always had the capability to shoot down a missile that was aimed at a city or town in the U.S., but it is only very recently that we have developed the technology.

- Rick Lehner

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