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Again, lots of baseless assumptions that are unsurprisingly in line with the political agenda of their maker. Of course Iran will not have means to go vs force in their nuclear posture, point being? Again, the agenda you are pushing here is obvious, and you are willing to tirelessly dig for...

And that tool is rendered useless by the fact that conflicts have different profiles that make different weapon systems relevant or not. Just because ABM systems were useless in Afghanistan in no way means they were useless in Iraq or won't be useful in a war with Iran or China. Likewise...

Again, cop-outs. Yes, with the powerful gift of hindsight we could trim down a whole lot of past "shotgun approach" research projects by knowing which branches will not lead to practical and worthwhile technologies. but that's beside the point. The knowledge of what doesn't work and why is only...

Who said the missiles to be intercepted *need* be nuclear for shooting them down to prevent newsworthy events? Yeah, most of it wasn't from SDI, but what's the point here? Some SDI work would have to be replicated to make them, and that in turn means SDI did contribute. And i'm saying no one...

THAAD and related systems are a filter for accidents, rogue generals, crazy fanatics, and hybrid warfare shit where someone in a third world shithole launches a nuke or something resembling a nuke for whatever reason. They also apply to local bases in ME and Asia. Sure, it's not as useful for...

That's a massive cop-out. You could say the same about all nuclear weapons - "no military benefit because they haven't been used yet!". Which goes double for a defensive weapon - it can't be used before it's needed, and if it's needed it's way too late to start developing it. THAAD and GBI had...

At least nothing you know of. Other people know of few technologies that are major parts of current US missile defense systems. https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Strategic_Defense_Initiative#Extended_Range_Interceptor_(ERINT) https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Strategic_Defense_Initiative#ERIS_and_HEDI...