I think it goes like this: We could shoot down a missile, and they couldn't. The one constant during the Cold War that kept things from boiling over was the idea of Mutual Annihilation. That is, no one could win, everyone would be destroyed, so there was no impetus to initiate.
If one side could effectively thwart another's nuclear arsenal...then that balance is upset. On 5/23/07, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why in the world, Russia would find the missile shield to be a bad thing? > > I just dont get it. > > tw > > -- > 'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty > seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner' > > robert deniro - heat (1995) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:235357 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
