Read that today... thats pretty darn scary Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! what do you guys think?
I don't think any currently conceivable missile defense system has anything to do with the scary story there. It isn't obvious how such a system would prevent it, for one thing. All the missile defense systems now, at least those in the hands of nuclear powers and thought to possibly work maybe, are first strike or pre-emptive war weapons. They would prevent retaliation by anyone except well-armed nuclear states. This of course feeds nuclear proliferation, as even States already possessing a few nukes realize they would need more to retaliate, and so forth. People made a lot of fun of MAD. But the world without it looks kind of scary.
They're just the most expensive tribal totems yet. Oogabooga. As if delivering gadgets requires missiles...