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March 1st 04, 07:18 PM
>From: "Thomas J. Paladino Jr."
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>The American defense shield is only designed to shoot down maybe 2 or 3
>missiles launched either accidentially from Russia (a distinct possibility)
>or from a rogue regime/terrorist network. The Russians, with their
>*existing* capability could easily overwhelm the missile shield if they
>really wanted to. It is a total farce to suggest that MAD is no longer the
>order of the day between the US and Russia.
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Haven't you heard? MAD went out of business when our former Commander In Heat
made a deal to retarget all our ICBMS so we are not aiming at each other. That
makes us SO much safer (until someone takes the 5 - 10 minutes it would take to
re target) than ever before.
>The missile shield was never aimed at castrating Russian nuclear
>capabilities, however, through a combination of gross misrepresentation in
>the media and damaged Russian pride over their crumbling world stature, the
>missile shield has come to be seen by many as a destablizing force and a
>major threat to global security, to which the Russians must respond and
>counteract. It is of course none of these. An intentional, large-scale
>nuclear volley from Russia, with their current arsenal, would penetrate the
>missile shield with ease. The truly unfortunate result of this is that the
>already-downtrodden Russian people will suffer the most from the blunder.
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1917 comes to mind.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired
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>The American defense shield is only designed to shoot down maybe 2 or 3
>missiles launched either accidentially from Russia (a distinct possibility)
>or from a rogue regime/terrorist network. The Russians, with their
>*existing* capability could easily overwhelm the missile shield if they
>really wanted to. It is a total farce to suggest that MAD is no longer the
>order of the day between the US and Russia.
>
Haven't you heard? MAD went out of business when our former Commander In Heat
made a deal to retarget all our ICBMS so we are not aiming at each other. That
makes us SO much safer (until someone takes the 5 - 10 minutes it would take to
re target) than ever before.
>The missile shield was never aimed at castrating Russian nuclear
>capabilities, however, through a combination of gross misrepresentation in
>the media and damaged Russian pride over their crumbling world stature, the
>missile shield has come to be seen by many as a destablizing force and a
>major threat to global security, to which the Russians must respond and
>counteract. It is of course none of these. An intentional, large-scale
>nuclear volley from Russia, with their current arsenal, would penetrate the
>missile shield with ease. The truly unfortunate result of this is that the
>already-downtrodden Russian people will suffer the most from the blunder.
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1917 comes to mind.
Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired