![Another East Coast site and newer interceptors is merely re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic Patriot PAC-3 |](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzMSj-7inFzATUmCxSn-TzUSX3ChGDBPYNd5TQG5B34WZJh_Nir0v04JJu6kBVXiUiNVsn57LwOpd0vpa65xeT06Nkn_ogcK7BoGC4STX1SX-M__lPRPI9CPDBap3OhBqeagx/s144/PAC-3%2520patriot.jpg)
The current U.S. system is "very expensive and has limited effectiveness," said the report from the National Research Council, which offers advice to government agencies under a congressional charter.
Fashioned amid tensions with North Korea over the last two decades, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's system now has 30 interceptor missiles ready to launch from bases in Alaska and California, as well as smaller ship-based systems aboard the U.S. Navy's Pacific and Atlantic Fleet.
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