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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Dan3 who wrote (130104)12/27/2000 2:23:37 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1571814
 
Besides, the whole thing's irrelevant since far and away the most credible threat is delivery via suitcase, not ICBM.

Dan,

At the present time, I believe that to be true. At some future point, there may be a country capable of launching an armada of missiles (I don't think Russia is capable of such an attack at the present time) that effectively could wipe out the US. Apparently, it was concluded some time ago that are only defense in such an event was to either make a preemptive strike against the aggressor nation, preventing the launching of their missiles, or launching a retaliatory strike upon learning that foreign missiles were headed our way.

Either way, the world is screwed; not just the US and the attacking country. And that's another reason why a defense system is a fairly ineffective measure. The odds of the human race surviving a nuclear holocaust are pretty slim......which brings us to the conclusion that the best defense is not having an exchange of missiles in the first place.

ted
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