The Space Race was about Power Projection - Miles O'Brien
On Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 10:12:46 AM UTC-5, Stuf4 wrote:
From Scott M. Kozel:
On Monday, December 12, 2016 at 6:31:27 AM UTC-5, Stuf4 wrote:
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By simply *testing* a full-up ICBM, you would be starting a war.
How would any other country know that it had a nuclear warhead when it was launched?
I don't know (more on that in my reply just now to David).
The specific case I was referring to was when a country announces that it will be conducting a test of a nuclear warhead.
Announcing that you're launching an ICBM with a nuclear warhead has never been done.
*Loads* more questions hinge on what you are asking.
They would not know unless it was announced in advance.
A more basic problem with a test ICBM with a live nuclear warhead, would be what if the missile went awry, no telling whether it might come down in your country or someone else's country. If it had a self-destruct package, that could fail. For those reasons alone, it would not have been a wise test..
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