THAAD Theatre High Altitude Area Defense Missile System, USA

1st THAAD Unit Activates At Fort Bliss, (El Paso Times)…Chris Roberts, May 29, 2008, Pg. 1B

…The system faced funding cuts in the 1990s when it missed targets during test firings. But after a redesign, THAAD has been consistently successful — so successful that the Army recently added two more batteries to its original plans, which called for four batteries.

President Reagan’s concept of a strategic defense initiative that was referred to as “Star Wars” was received with a great deal of skepticism at the time.  Appears technology is catching up with the concept.