the mda to make sure this was a success. remember, what they were doing when we showed you this animation yesterday. an icbm, similar to the kind that north korea is trying to develop, was launched by the u.s. out of the marshall islands in the pacific. then the intercepter was launched from here in ventricle denberg and den vandet the ibm hundreds of miles up over the pacific ocean. it was not easy to do. vice admiral james searing director of the missile defense agency said in a post test statement yesterday quote: this system is vitally important to the defense of our homeland and this test demonstrates that we have a credible deterrent against a very real threat. i'm incredibly proud of the war fighters who executed this test and who operate this system every day. and nobody knows better than