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I wasn't talking about China, just the "any" nuclear power is hopefully becomes a false statement given NK's instability. Do you have a source on the "The US h
by protomyth 10y ago
I wasn't talking about China, just the "any" nuclear power is hopefully becomes a false statement given NK's instability.
Do you have a source on the "The US has had the ability to defend against an attack from North Korea since the W Bush administration." for ballistic missiles?
- mikeash 10y agoThis is the system in question: https://www.mda.mil/system/gmd.html https://www.mda.mil/system/gmd.html The interceptors are expensive, so there aren't very many. That's why it can defend against a country like North Korea but not China.
- protomyth 10y agoOk, but why do you keep mentioning China, I said I wasn't worried about China. I'm worried about the crazy folks (e.g. NK) with limited launch capability. China is pretty stable.
- mikeash 10y agoBecause the overall context here is China, the potential for war with China, and the devastation that would result. I want to be clear that our defenses would not prevent that.
- protomyth 10y agoFine, but that wasn't the parent message I was responding to and had nothing to do with my original reply.
- mikeash 10y agoReally, you think "In any all-out war between two nuclear nations there will be no winner, just two losers" in a discussion about war with China wasn't talking about China?
- protomyth 10y agoI provided a counter-example that is much more likely and frankly a lot more worrisome. Plus, I specifically mention what I was worried about. Comments on HN expand out from the topic all the time, and I was pretty specific in my response.
- mikeash 10y agoOk. I responded to what you said and tied it in to the larger conversation. I don't get what your problem is here.