One of the problems we must deal with when considering the threats of war and likely responses is the effectiveness of any weapons used and the tools to prevent them from working. This is almost impossible to determine given the secrecy militaries must maintain.
For example, how effective is any US missile shield? Should a hostile nation such as North Korea launch five missiles at the US, can we knock them down? Of course, given the reliability of North Korean missiles, the things might just blow up on the launch pad. But assuming your enemies’ weapons will malfunction is a poor excuse for a defense.
Anyway, there are other nations whose weapons one would be foolish to assume are duds or otherwise cannot make the trip to their intended targets. Since these weapons are unlikely to be armed with conventional weapons, this is a serious issue. And one that must keep military planners constantly busy.
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Why do you put this on the internet/ you should be put in prison!!!! Lose lips sink ships!!!
maybe..would work better if hillary hadn’t have given that four minute window time line to responses…four minutes?..how fast are these missiles they are worried about again?
You are right
We’ll find out if N Korea tries to hit us. Worse case scenario we just lose the West Coast.
I think you forgetting about the Radioactive fallout that will be carried by the jet stream across our country and poison our land and water, not to mention the long term effects on the population around the world.
Any N Korean nukes aren’t going to be very high yield. Nothing we can’t deal with.
At best the current state of ballistic missile defense is perfectly suited for defense against an adversary like North Korea whom at best have a few possible nuclear missiles in the next five years. But don’t be fooled or become content. The US has no defense for a large event nuclear attack. Although the US was in the process of developing larger multiple event attacks, EX president Obama killed off any funding for a safe future. Additionally, obummer killed off KEI, an interceptor design specifically for defense against North Korea
No. The parts came from China, assembled in taiwan, and shipped from singapore… if all the lights even stay lit I’ll be surprised…
Obutthead pretty much decimated our defense system!
Yes