A nuclear bomb could go from Russia to the US in 10 mins???

[jfkennedy]

Damn that's crazy. But what about our missile defense system? Does that work against nukes? We gotta have something that could intercept that tom brady bullet, right?

...right???

United States National Missile defense

The U.S. Sentinel program was a planned national missile defense during the 1960s, but was never deployed. Elements of Sentinel were actually deployed briefly as the Safeguard Program, although it wasn't national in scope. United States has had in development a nationwide antimissile program since the 1990s. After the renaming in 2002, the term now refers to the entire program, not just the ground-based interceptors and associated facilities. This article focuses mainly on this system and a brief history of earlier systems which led to it.

Other elements yet to be integrated into NMD may include anti-ballistic missiles, or sea-based, space-based, laser, and high altitude missile systems. The NMD program is limited in scope and designed to counter a relatively small ICBM attack from a less sophisticated adversary. Unlike the earlier Strategic Defense Initiative program, it is not designed to be a robust shield against a large attack from a technically sophisticated adversary.
As of 2012, this system is operational with limited capability.

 

[MikelArteta]

A missile going at like 13,000 mph is going to be hard to shoot down, prob just get one opportunity

Anyways only a few countries have that capabilities from reading, USA, china, Russia, and India. Other countries only have short range missiles.

Member that movie sum of all fears?

 

[ComputersPutin]

This is where space dominance becomes your ultimate chess move.

 

[jadillac]

This is where space dominance becomes your ultimate chess move.

Explain please?

A missile going at like 13,000 mph is going to be hard to shoot down, prob just get one opportunity

Anyways only a few countries have that capabilities from reading, USA, china, Russia, and India. Other countries only have short range missiles.

Member that movie sum of all fears?

 

[Mr. Somebody]

A missile going at like 13,000 mph is going to be hard to shoot down, prob just get one opportunity

Anyways only a few countries have that capabilities from reading, USA, china, Russia, and India. Other countries only have short range missiles.

Member that movie sum of all fears?

Not to mention the fact, friend, that decoys are deployed with the payload. So you gotta pick which one is the real touchdown or you wont be intercepting anything but an L.

This is why the west goes ham against any nation that is developing these weapons. They have to be brought into the conglomerate before they can attain these weapons otherwise imagine a rogue state that hates you with access to a weapon that could reach out and touch someone in ten minutes from anywhere in the world....


Metal Gear!!!!!!!!

 

[ComputersPutin]

Explain please?

Reagan and his plans on using space to defend the country.

 

[88m3]

I'm not worried about it

 

[MikelArteta]

Not to mention the fact, friend, that decoys are deployed with the payload. So you gotta pick which one is the real touchdown or you wont be intercepting anything but an L.

This is why the west goes ham against any nation that is developing these weapons. They have to be brought into the conglomerate before they can attain these weapons otherwise imagine a rogue state that hates you with access to a weapon that could reach out and touch someone in ten minutes from anywhere in the world....


Metal Gear!!!!!!!!

, even most countries with nukes dot have the long range missiles to even reach usa.

Only china Russia and India and probably Israel has the missiles that can travel that distant.

And even suitcase nuclear weapons only USA and Russia have them.

That's the one type of nuke I'd be scared as hell for any country to have.

 

[daze23]

growing up in the 80's

 

[mbewane]

A missile going at like 13,000 mph is going to be hard to shoot down, prob just get one opportunity

Anyways only a few countries have that capabilities from reading, USA, china, Russia, and India. Other countries only have short range missiles.

Member that movie sum of all fears?

We sure GB and France don't have long range missiles? I doubt it but haven't researched it.

 

[Mr. Somebody]

And even suitcase nuclear weapons only USA and Russia have them.

That's the one type of nuke I'd be scared as hell for any country to have.

How much power can those suitcase joints generate so i can look it up. Im thinkin they couldnt do nearly the damage that those super duper russian joints can do. You'd have to be int he heart of the city to be shook. Im not, so, im not shook.

 

[TRUEST]

I mean, if it took an extra 20 mins, were you planning to do something?

u never know

 

[CourtesyFlusher]

I worry about the day that technology exists as to where any crazy backwoods sicko aka the unibomber can build a nuke in his basement. It's bound to happen one day, right?

 

[Brown_Pride]

the only defense we really have is MAD. People wont launch nukes because if they do the sky would end up looking like this:

but instead of planes it would be missiles.

that's why it's called "assured" destruction and not, "we think we gonna get you" destruction.

as for "dirty bombs" that's what i'd be most affraid of. We have more to fear, as history will attest to, from some local nut with a pissed off attitude and the internet than we do from these types of nukes.

Actually we have more to fear from dudes with guns in your city than from even these crazy b*stards.

How many people get murdered in a year in your city vs how many people get blown up by terrorists?

 

[skeetsinternal]

A nuclear bomb will never be launched against a foe but will always be used as a deterrent