At 01:46 PM 12/13/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Sure if it were just that simple. The point I am making is that the >countermeasures are cheaper and faster to implement than the defense system. >Consider this scenario, lets say the system works 99.99% of the time. This >means that in order to get through the defense system with an effective >strike you launch more missiles with more decoys etc. It would only take a >few to get through.
Who would be able to do this? >Moreover, its far faster and cheaper to adjust a couple of hundred Mylar >balloons than it is to rewrite the software controlling the system to ignore >those radar signatures and to build more interceptor weapon systems. It is early in the development. You have to crawl before you can walk. When an ICBM is launched the US will know. They have satellites that cover the globe that watch for these things. If a launch happens the missile will be tracked until it comes in range of the defence system. If there is a Mylar balloon there, they will be able to tell it apart because there will be people that man the controls. They will say, hey that is moving pretty slow for an ICBM, I bet it is just a mylar balloon, we will scramble some fighter jets to look at it. Now this thing over that is moving faster than the speed of sound, lets shoot it down now. Just a hunch. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
