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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Scumbria who wrote (131074)1/30/2001 4:57:40 PM
From: pgerassi  Read Replies (2) of 1572377
 
Dear Scumbria:

Simple! He is not proposing a full blown complete missile defense system against large first strike type ICBM attacks. He is proposing a limited missile defense system, to defend against no more than 10 (or so) missiles or at most 100 warheads (probably less). This is far cheaper than a system that could stop 25,000 warheads all within a 30 minute window. Such a system would let us know what a full blown missile defense system would cost both to set up and annual costs to maintain. Furthermore, it would protect us against the abilities of all but, the five largest nuclear powers plus any accidental launch from those five (including ourselves).

This system would actually stabilize the power structure and still allow MAD to work with both Russia and China as both could easily overwhelm the system with a massive "First Strike" of their nuclear missiles. Russia has a system deployed to protect Moscow.

Pete
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