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2006-06-02 Science & Technology

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Posted by ed 2006-06-02 08:21|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Shutting Down Hostile ICBMs
Somewhere, President Reagan and Dr. Teller are both smiling...

Posted by N guard 2006-06-02 12:45|| 2006-06-02 12:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Ultimately, the uncertainty about the success of an attack created by the deployment of missile defense systems combined with the certainty that an attempted attack will bring a response, will be one of the biggest reasons for a country to decide not to push the button.

Of course this assumes that the Mad Mullah's are reasonable.

Posted by CrazyFool 2006-06-02 14:46|| 2006-06-02 14:46|| Front Page Top

#3 The improving success rates for intercepts are encouraging, but the issue of saturation isn't addressed. I recognize that revealing exactly how many inbounds can be intercepted for a given interceptor unit is not sensible, but I can't help but wonder about that aspect as it is the one thing that could make a failure of a perfect interceptor system.

Posted by Jinenter Phealing5856 2006-06-02 18:00|| 2006-06-02 18:00|| Front Page Top

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