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Originally posted by onetime2
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.
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Missile threats from who?
Terrorists don't own missiles, probably never will. NMD is just donald rumsfled's folly.
But a determined terrorist could buy a nuclear warhead from the likes of north Korea and as 2wolves said, just put it on an old freighter. (I never thought of that angle.)
Even easier, just send it via UPS.