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I'm fine with having a 10-minute flight delay every time a rogue nation fires an experimental ICBM in a desperate attempt to maintain its sovereignty.

• dragontamer 5y ago
  > I'm fine with having a 10-minute flight delay every time a rogue nation fires an experimental ICBM in a desperate attempt to maintain its sovereignty. Agreed. North Korea is now nuclear-armed. Every single one of those ICBMs could have a nuke on it now.
  • logifail 5y ago
    > Every single one of those ICBMs could have a nuke on it now If only there were a central agency tasked providing aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Northern America. We could call it something like the "North American Aerospace Defense Command". It could have decades of experience of this stuff! OTOH perhaps the FAA should just make up stuff as they go.
    • dragontamer 5y ago
      > If only there were a central agency tasked providing aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection for Northern America. They do exist. Talk to them, or read what they have to say. EDIT: This is the good ol' "Star Wars" missile defense problem, its been discussed for decades. I'm not myself fully up to date with it, but there's a ton of information online from Senate Hearings / House Hearings on whether or not building this missile defense was worthwhile. They aren't really that confident in the probabilities of success in stopping a nuclear-armed ICBM. They're gonna try but its not like anyone has ever actually shot a nuke at the USA yet. The ultimate test of pragmatism has never happened yet.