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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (30638)10/1/2001 8:57:06 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Threre are major technical hurdles, but they can be overcome. Esp, if you are talking about just the ability to stop small strikes or stop most of a larger strike (allowing devastation to come through but not enough to destroy the country, as horrible as 20mil dead would be its a lot better then 250mil dead). This is particularly true if you can afford to spend a lot more on defense then your opponents can on offense.

There are also treaty problems with all these systems.

The treaty includes a provision to withdraw from it with notice (I think 6 months is the required notice)

Tim



To: cosmicforce who wrote (30638)10/2/2001 9:26:48 AM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Actually, a space platform is the next step, I should say. I cannot argue technical factors. I simply repose more confidence in the researchers than you do. The ABM Treaty can be terminated with notice, and, in any case, was negotiated with a state that no longer exists.


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