Mylar balloons are cheap and they have an additional advantage, they provide extra insulation during launch and the out of atmosphere phases.
larry On 1/31/06, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Why bother? Our current "missile defense system" couldn't hit a single > missile if it was standing still. > > A monumental waste of money and resources. Unbelievable. > > > The easiest way to defeat any missile defense system is simply to > > flood the thing with decoys. Its not all that hard - just have a lot > > of mylar balloons with the same approximate radar signature. Then it > > becomes a major crap shoot, with the chances of hitting the real > > warhead at 1000 to 1 or worse. Its a sure fire be that the Russians > > and Chinese have such ready to go. I wouldn't be too surprised if the > > US, British and French also have similar systems. > > > > larry > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:195206 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
