ArmsControlWonk | an arms control weblog: Who Needs Intercept Tests?: "In a pair of recent posts (12 JUN 2005 and 20 JUL 2005), I speculated the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) would scale back testing, largely to save itself embarrassment.

MDA’s Independent Review Team (IRT) issued a Final Report that recommended MDA meet suspiciously difficult criteria before conducting an integrated flight test (IFT). The reason? North Korea might get wind the damn thing doesn’t work"

(Via ArmsControlWonk.com.)