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Ric, you're still missing the point. It's _not_ about $$, but about saving lives.
Ric Carter wrote:
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> From: A.C. Szul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Granted, there are folks who believe an SDI-type defense will _not_
> >work. But arguing that it's not worth spending the money on something
> >that _may_ not work is certainly not a valid reason against developing
> >the technological means to defend the U.S. against a possible missile
> >attack from Russia or China or any other rogue state that decides to
> >test America's [or its allies'] will.
>
> You've got it backwards - it's up to those proposing spending tens of
> billions of tax dollars on an anti-missile system to provide VERY
> convincing evidence that it CAN work against realistic threats. The
> very fact that the 'shield' is a leaky sieve, penetrable by anybody
> with a lo-tech delivery system, argues strongly AGAINST this system.
> National will is MUCH more simply 'tested' by NBC weapons in trucks
> or ships than on missiles. Focusing a defense ONLY against the very
> highest-tech threats is dimwitted, a waste of tax dollars.
>
> To decide how a defense should be structured, you first have to ask:
> What are the possible, credible threats? What vulnerabilities can be
> exploited? Where will an opponent get the most bang for their buck,
> do the most decisive damage with the least expenditure of resources?
> In other words: what weak points are worth being attacked, and by who,
> using what? What's the best match of weapon against target, for what
> gain? What kinds of attacks can we most confidently expect?
>
> Ballistic missiles are good for long range targets, but with the US's
> transport infrastructure, almost EVERY good target [except hardened
> ICBM silos] is within range of a surface-hauled warhead. So a Star
> Wars system could only realistically defend JUST those ICBM silos, NOT
> the US in toto - and an opponent who stealthily attacks civil targets
> won't need to neutralize those ICBMs, so your Star Wars systems just
> sits there, worthless. So why do you want to spend all that money?
>
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