If the intercept is during the boost phase then the interceptors have to be fairly close - Off the coast of Korea or Japan in the case of NK scuds. If its reentry then Alaska.
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:25:12 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=17 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:148718 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
