The MIRV is an issue, I agree, however the purpose of the missile defense would be to destroy the missile prior the re-entry, before the split occurs, with the theory being that the individual warheads would burn up.
We already put a lot of money into locating missing nukes, and protecting the ones they have now. I thought the number of nukes that were missing were just a handful. I think we should do both. > -----Original Message----- > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 4:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: No Defense over Canada > > That's true, but are we expecting nukes from Russia soon? > > Put another way, which should be a higher priority based on cost and > feasibility: > > 1.) Protecting against ICBMs fired from Russia (or anywhere)? > (Remeber, all Russian and NATO warheads will be MIRV'd for which there > is NO protection even if our billion dollar bungle worked as > advertised.) > > or > > 2.) Protecting against a WMD smuggled into the US and detonated in a major > city? > > I'd say we'd be much better off putting our money into partnering with > Russia to locate destory all unaccounted for nukes. I think there's > like 400+, each capable of leveling a major city! > > Canada's "warning" was rhetorical to let the US know how stupid it is > in even pursuing an ICBM shield when there's hundreds of unaccounted > for nukes; especially after 9/11 when we learned that our enemies are > unconventional. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148688 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
