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I don't really want to take a side in this discussion because of a lack of research in this field and time to devote to it but I want to play devils advocate here quickly.
A missle shield may not protect us; doing nothing will not protect us. I'd rather have a chance at survival than no chance at survival. That being said there are probably many alternatives to the missle system (technologially & diplomatically).
In addition just because of a bunch of smart people say something doesn't make it right. Once upon a time the greatest minds in the world preached that the world was flat, once upon a time the greatest minds in the world preached that the earth was the center of the universe. There is always a possiblity that these scientest could be wrong. Perhaps the technology could be improved especially with micro-computers increasing in power.
I'm not positive on this but i'm guessing in the tests they do not program the flight path of the other missle into the intercepter but instead have a tracking system that predicts where the missle is going. The only real advantage that the intercepter gets that wouldn't normaly be given is that it is in a possition between the missle and it's target. But in a missle defense system there would be enough missles around us that this would be true most if not all of the time.
In closing i'd like to leave you with a quote I read the other day "Amatures built the arc, professionals built the titanic".
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