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Old 09-14-2017, 05:49 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB View Post
Sure, but the only thing that worries me about all of this is... what exactly is the incentive for us NOT to be shooting down these missiles every time they're launched, if we can? Why even let them get to Japan? We don't know how far they'll go or what's in them, and displaying our ability to shoot them down would do a lot to dissuade Kim. I worry they've sold us on a false sense of security that we can and would shoot them down.
Warhead defense missiles are EXTREMELY expensive and currently finite. But I've personally installed missile triangulating radars all over D.C. with my company. The technology exists, I guess we just haven't felt the need to flex that muscle yet.
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