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To: TigerPaw who wrote (215440)1/7/2002 1:41:35 PM
From: Neocon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
There are no cheap ICBMs. There might be "cheaper" ICBMs. Don't know about the tiny rockets, although if the targeting system correlates apparent size and range, I imagine it will be able to tell a real from a false rocket. As far as ghost images go, well, maybe a superhacker could pull it off, but I doubt it. Since the shields won't fire unless they target something, if there is nothing in the air, they will not fire.......



To: TigerPaw who wrote (215440)1/7/2002 1:42:17 PM
From: DOUG H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
Bored college kids might do it for amusement.

So, bored college kids can fire decoy rockets but we all so sure terrorists can't fire the real thing.....



To: TigerPaw who wrote (215440)1/7/2002 2:07:54 PM
From: haqihana  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769667
 
TigerPaw, Do you really think that our enemies, or potential enemies, are so stupid that they could not recognize a decoy for what it is? I fear that America is not the only nation with the electronic abilities to know the real thing from a fake.