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Missile defense is a dicey topic. In the 1980s the Soviet Union realized that they could not afford their own anti-missile systems, or make their ICBMs resista
by lumost 5y ago
Missile defense is a dicey topic. In the 1980s the Soviet Union realized that they could not afford their own anti-missile systems, or make their ICBMs resistant to US anti-missile systems. This was partly responsible for increased tensions as the Soviet Union faced an existential threat of losing a nuclear war.
They responded by participating in arms reduction treaties which had the same effect as the US building an anti-missile system which could intercept 95% of Russian weapons. If the US built a full missile defense umbrella, adversaries would respond by building enough weapons to defeat the umbrella.
- foogazi 5y ago> If the US built a full missile defense umbrella, adversaries would respond by building enough weapons to defeat the umbrella. Could the adversaries afford that ?
- selectodude 5y agoIsrael’s iron dome can reasonably protect a decent portion of Israel. Destitute Gazans can still overwhelm it. If you don’t really care what you hit, missiles are very inexpensive.
- SubiculumCode 5y agoIt can do so because the number of missiles coming in at it are few. In the end, dummy IBCMs are easy to build, and it will be hard for any system to shoot them all down if there are a thousand dummies for every live missile. Missile defense it ultimately impossible, IMO.
- dylan604 5y agoSome of us learned this in back in the 80s in the arcades playing Missle Command