Topic: Nuclear Arms Race Redux

Whispering Death · January 4th, 2006

I must have missed the poll. I think this is stupid and bad saber rattling but it isn't the start of a new arms race. The US missile shield was never meant to ward off a full scale nuclear attack from Russia. You don't have to use crazy-ass missile technology against our missile shield, just shoot 21 missiles at it. The shield is really only supposed to protect against 20 missiles max, the idea being that an idiot like Kim Jong Ill or the former Saddam can't just make a nuke or two and threaten us with it.

Secondly it's supposed to max out around China's ICBM yeild which is estimated at 20 (although disputed). The theory being that if we get all China's boomer subs and nuclear-armed aircraft the shield would just be able to stop almost any ICBMs launched from the motherland.

But the shield was NEVER intended to stop a Russian attack, they've just got too many nukes for that to ever be feasable.

So the end result isn't an arms buildup that America is going to say "Well we'll develop better anti-missile technology to beat you!" since Russia can already nuke us out of existance even with the missile shield operating at its theoretical best on paper.

January 4th, 2006
Whispering Death Tribuni Angusticlavii Gear	I must have missed the poll. I think this is stupid and bad saber rattling but it isn't the start of a new arms race. The US missile shield was never meant to ward off a full scale nuclear attack from Russia. You don't have to use crazy-ass missile technology against our missile shield, just shoot 21 missiles at it. The shield is really only supposed to protect against 20 missiles max, the idea being that an idiot like Kim Jong Ill or the former Saddam can't just make a nuke or two and threaten us with it. Secondly it's supposed to max out around China's ICBM yeild which is estimated at 20 (although disputed). The theory being that if we get all China's boomer subs and nuclear-armed aircraft the shield would just be able to stop almost any ICBMs launched from the motherland. But the shield was NEVER intended to stop a Russian attack, they've just got too many nukes for that to ever be feasable. So the end result isn't an arms buildup that America is going to say "Well we'll develop better anti-missile technology to beat you!" since Russia can already nuke us out of existance even with the missile shield operating at its theoretical best on paper. Last edited by Whispering Death; January 4th, 2006 at 07:58..