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Originally posted by Superbelt
Actually a fair deal did get past the patriots. And the Physicists aren't arguing against them anyway. Long range missiles are an entirely different situation than the short range ones fired at our troops. Read the article from the American Physicists and you will see.
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Ah Superbelt, its good to see you talking about science.
Destroying in the boost phase is best, but its just one possibility, and while the article talks about using a physical interceptor it doesn't mention the good old SDI like system, and energy weapons. Even so thats only part of the picture.
Tracking, id, and intercept are the three keys. Any money spent on this has long term potential in not only an ABM system but also the 'normal' battlefield (be nice to take out all those pesky air-sea missiles). It can only benefit our military and someday it may save our ass as well.
Maybe you like having pissant nations like North Korea having a gun to your head, but I don't.