That pricetag is nearly seven times higher than Trump’s initial estimate, found an independent budget office.
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well of course it couldn’t stop an all out attack. there’s many thousands of warheads out there waiting to be launched, and most of them are MIRVs now. you’re talking thousands of ICBMs that split into dozens of attack vessels that strike their targets at a speed faster than a bullet. tracking, engaging, and successfully eliminating all of them is infeasible, it’s why the whole idea of MAD exists.
Strategic Defense initiatives don’t protect you from a first strike situation, they protect you from a second strike situation after most of the enemy’s missiles have been destroyed. They invite first strikes because what you are telling the world is that you believe you can strike with relative impunity.