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Since September 2006, the rate for operationally configured interceptors has been approximately 0.75 tests per year, with only 3 of 7 such tests resulting in successful intercepts.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ucs-001044#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The GMD system has not been tested against realistic operational scenarios, including ICBM-range targets (greater than 5,500 km), salvo mode firing (multiple interceptors at one target), or multiple simultaneous targets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ucs-001044#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Both CE-I and CE-II Ground-Based Interceptors (GBIs) were deployed into operational silos years before they achieved a successful intercept test, contradicting standard 'intercept-before-you-buy-and-deploy' practices seen in other systems like THAAD.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ucs-001044#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Testing conditions have been limited and unrepresentative, with almost all successful tests occurring while targets were illuminated by the sun and using targets with countermeasures that were either simple or failed to deploy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ucs-001044#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Technical failures in the CE-II kill vehicle, specifically a design flaw in the inertial measurement unit sensitive to vibrations, delayed the demonstration of intercept capability by over six years and cost at least $1.98 billion to resolve.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ucs-001044#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The high cost of GMD tests, which often exceed $200 million per attempt and can reach $360 million following failures, is a primary factor limiting the frequency of testing.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"ucs-001044#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":[],"geography_discussed":["Kwajalein Atoll","California","Alaska","Wake Island","Texas","Guam","Hawaii"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["technical assessment","policy critique"]},{"id":"eesi-000361","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/eesi-000361","title":"Ocean Energy","publisher":{"name":"Environmental and Energy Study Institute","organization":"environmental-and-energy-study-institute"},"document_type":"fact sheet","language":"en","date_published":"2006-05","source_url":"https://www.eesi.org/files/ocean_energy_0506.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The document outlines various ocean energy technologies, including tidal dams, fences, turbines, wave energy converters, and Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC). 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