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→Criticisms: Hans Bethe and Union of Concerned Scientists
The criticisms were substantially weakened by the successful missile defense deployed during the [[Gulf War]], when the Patriot missiles successfully and spectacularly shot down deadly missiles launched by Saddam Hussein against military and civilian targets.
The criticisms were substantially weakened by the successful missile defense deployed during the [[Gulf War]], when the Patriot missiles successfully and spectacularly shot down deadly missiles launched by Saddam Hussein against military and civilian targets.
Hans Bethe, a European-trained scientist who later endorsed [[John Kerry]] for president, wrote an attack on SDI for the [[Union of Concerned Scientists]], a [[liberal]] group that now harps on a theory of [[global warming]].<ref>http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/</ref>
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==References==
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