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Selatius

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1. We need the capability to defeat anti-ballistic missile systems, I would bet they'd say.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 03:56 AM
Sep 2012

The Russians withdrew from the ABM treaty with the United States because the previous moron president made a big issue of a missile shield to protect the United States.

Now the Russians are free on the topic to design and employ such weapons, and they've already started employing weapons that can potentially defeat an ABM shield, such as missiles that carry multiple decoys to mask the entry of a real warhead or missiles that can randomly change direction to avoid accurate tracking.

We need the capability to defeat anti-ballistic missile systems, I would bet they'd say. Selatius Sep 2012 #1
They were MIRVing decades ago jberryhill Sep 2012 #8
Thank Christ this money isn't being wasted on feeding and educating people! villager Sep 2012 #2
God Bless America! n/t AZ Progressive Sep 2012 #3
That co-opting of a god character's perceived authority is part of this exact problem... 4saken Sep 2012 #5
God bless LilSol Sep 2012 #26
But who gets that money? jberryhill Sep 2012 #9
You can say that again, my fellow American. Judi Lynn Sep 2012 #12
Nukes, for what they do, are one of the cheapest weapon systems we have 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #28
Regardless of your opinions on nuke weapons. longship Sep 2012 #4
We don't need a 5,000 nuke upgrade... Ash_F Sep 2012 #10
I wholeheartedly agree. longship Sep 2012 #13
The US is using up Soviet nuclear warheads as commercial reactor fuel Kolesar Sep 2012 #15
I know, and that's a good thing. longship Sep 2012 #16
In an alternate universe, there is no tomorrow Kolesar Sep 2012 #17
That alternate universe is also known as Ghost Dog Sep 2012 #23
The silos all have tacky 60's decor jberryhill Sep 2012 #6
If we truly wanted to "modernize" our nuclear arsenal, Volaris Sep 2012 #7
Well said/ Ash_F Sep 2012 #11
Iran has pursued policies to achieve a nuke-free Middle East for decades, Ghost Dog Sep 2012 #24
Scrap the nuclear subs and the F-35 porkjet Kolesar Sep 2012 #14
The nuclear subs theenemyiswithin Sep 2012 #18
Barney Frank noted that the "nuclear triad" was outdated Cold-War fantasy Kolesar Sep 2012 #19
link to the so-called analysis please theenemyiswithin Sep 2012 #20
. Kolesar Sep 2012 #21
Not seeing any thing on the subject at the site theenemyiswithin Sep 2012 #22
Even if the Russians or Chinese knew the locations, they couldn't reach them without tipping us off. Selatius Sep 2012 #25
A lot of money Franker65 Sep 2012 #27
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