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Old September 5th 06, 01:33 AM posted to sci.space.policy
Fred J. McCall
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Default GMD Intercept Success

"Jake McGuire" wrote:

:ICBMs cost a lot of money - apparently much more than their warheads.
:Even the US can't justify putting conventional warheads on them because
:it's too damn expensive.

And yet we're talking about doing PRECISELY that very thing. The
problem isn't just the expense of the things. It's the accuracy at
the terminal end. When the best you can do is hundreds of meters, you
want to be throwing BIG bombs.

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"Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute."
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