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To: Win Smith who wrote (265)	12/19/2002 10:40:04 AM
From: zonder	of 603

Re Bush plan for ballistic missile defense There was a very good article in Wired magazine some months back where MIT rocket scientists were saying the Bush plan will not work. They were discussing the best way to get rid of launched missiles: Three stages between the time a missile is launched and the time of impact: 1) The minutes after launch - best time to strike, as the target is hot (ignition) and is not over your own land. (It can be nuclear/radioactive/chemical/biological, you know, and so the destruction over your own land would not do you a world of good) 2) In space - not a good idea for a strike, as decoys are very easy in free fall. Put out many paper decoys alongside the missile and they will all fall in the same manner, etc. 3) Upon reentry into the atmosphere over your own land - not a good time to destroy a missile that could be radioactive or could house chemical or biological agents to be sprayed all over your land. Anyway, the whole article was pretty interesting: Two MIT rocket scientists have a dire warning for Washington: The Bush plan for national missile defense won't work. Here's one that will. wired.com

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