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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
If the land based system doesn't work, how does the sea based system?
I believe MAD is dead, largely becasue the USSR is dead. Science and technology is our great asset - it scares the bad guys. (And it should!)
Pete
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It's based on the proven and mobile Aegis missile system and goes after ICBM's in their vulnerable launch phase (while they still are attached to a fire-spewing easily sensed and tracked rockets). Once the warhead is in space, it's just another piece of space junk that we must accurately discriminate from all the other junk up there (including decoys).
As for MAD being dead, it happens to be the only
proven deterrent to the first use of nuclear weapons. Even crazies like Ahmadinejad and Korea's Kim still have survival instincts and our remaining 1600 nukes should keep them nervous. Also the sea-based sytem can go to Korea, the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf while the ground based system is anchored in place.