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To: Scumbria who wrote (131074)	1/30/2001 2:41:40 PM
From: richard surckla	Respond to of 1572167

Scumbria... Here's the answer... members.nbci.com

To: Scumbria who wrote (131074)	1/30/2001 2:44:23 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1572167

I don't see how you build an effective SDI without spending hundreds of billions of dollars. You can't but thats hundreds of billions of dollars over a number of years (it would not be finished at the end of Bush's presidency even if he serves 2 terms), which amounts to a small increase in the defense budget. Tim

To: Scumbria who wrote (131074)	1/30/2001 4:57:40 PM
From: pgerassi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572167

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