In what will be a challenging test of antiballistic missile technology , the interceptor will be fired from an american warship just before the satellite is expected to plunge uncontrollably back to earth .
Outraged that this undermined their plans for an antiballistic missile system , white house hawks ordered the agency to , in the words to then-cia director richard helms , " trim the evidence . "
Despite developing what appears to have been a sincere , if superficial , friendship with bush , putin had to watch as nato took in east european states , expanding right up to russia 's borders , and america abandoned the antiballistic missile treaty and pressed on with plans to build a missile defense shield in europe .
