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Originally posted by 2wolves
N.M.D. is not being designed to stop cruise missiles, only the ballistic type.
Since we've done the M.A.D. thing for almost fifty years a country that has or develops ballistic nuc'sknows they'll get erased so you're back to a terrorist threat as a viable danger. Why spend billions & billions on a missile when you can buy an old seagoing freighter and just sail into a port? or for that matter just smuggle the weapon in (disguised as cocaine) and blackmail/jihad ensues.
2Wolves
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I agree that the MAD thinking doesn't apply since terrorists are not normally associated with a government or concentrated in one area. Research and development of systems to shoot down ICBMs will lead to the ability or at least progress toward the ability to shoot down shorter range missiles.
Again, I agree that ports need to be safeguarded, but there are only so many cities with ports. We need to protect all of our cities and that includes protecting them from missile threats.