Re: What is "pointing" missiles?

Hyper <hyperboreea@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

:On Jun 5, 3:40 pm, Fred J. McCall <fmcc...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:> Pat Flannery <flan...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
:>
:> :
:> :In fact, building a ABM system in Europe is sending them exactly the
:> :_wrong_ message, because it implies that we fully expect them to get
:> :them and we intend to do nothing to prevent that from occurring.
:> :
:>
:> Only if they're as stupid as you are acting now.
:>
:> The message it sends to sane people is that even if they should get
:> some weapons they won't be any use in threatening the United States
:> because we'll take steps to render them useless.
:
:You assume they believe in the sanity&good intentions of the other
:side.
:

Not required.

:
:If ABM is what's cracked to be, sane but *evil* people would go for
:FOBS.
:

Which is even easier to shoot down if you're sitting along the launch
track. FOBS only really 'works' if you can throw a bunch of weapons.
If someone goes there, we just reactivate ASAT.


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