Catching up after a weekend sans-email; someone probably made this point
already:
Darryl Shannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> And anyway, the purpose of the missile screen isn't so much to shoot
>down nuclear missiles as to convince people that it isn't worthwhile to
>try to shoot nuclear missiles at us, since they are liable to get shot
>down.
Which suggests that rather than building a missile defense system, the US
should merely advertise the fact that it has a perfectly operational missile
defense system. That should be a lot cheaper! Just like those "Protected by
Imaginary Security System" stickers you can buy for your windows.
Unfortunately, I don't consider that a joke; given how incredibly difficult
the task of a missile intercept is and the amount of volume to defend, I'm
fairly certain that - until we have technology that renders a defense system
obsolete anyway - any such system will be 90% PR and 10% working technology.
Joshua
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