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We can't get along wiht the political left!!!! We must defeat them!
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Omega: [QB] Overly simplistic. You're not taking economics into account. Building a single nuclear warhead costs tens of millions of dollars, and that's only the beginning. It costs tens of millions more simply to keep a single ICBM in working condition, and that's an ongoing expense. OTOH, for the cost of every ICBM "they" build, we can build dozens of interceptors, and the maintenence costs would be far lower. Further, we'd have the head start. You're talking about countries with massive, working arsenals. That's effectively us, and only us. By the time anyone could build enough missiles to overwhelm our defences, we'd have beefed them up enough to handle the threat. In the process, they'd be destroying their own economy, ala the USSR. So... 1) Country B builds missile shield. 2) Country A decides it wants the ability to overwhelm said shield, thus building more misslies, and spending more money every year building and maintianing them. 3) Country B knows this, and thus increases their defences, for far less than the cost of A's missiles. 4) Country A either stops the buildup; launches before they can overwhelm the shield, thus commiting suicide; or economically colapses. Under any circumstances, with good leadership, country B wins. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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