Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pointless unless it can guarantee a near 100% success rate. Which it can’t.
Plus, this cost estimate is likely low by at least 5x the estimate.
Why is it pointless? Is a 50 percent chance of preventing an atomic bomb from detonating over a city not worth an investment?
I'm sorry, but this is one area where Obama was dead wrong.
A missile defense system can be built and be upgraded over time. Just because technology currently favors the attacker doesn't mean it always will. There was a time when politicians said "the bomber will always get through." That was 100 years ago.