Offensive nuke missiles are cheaper than effective defensive systems by orders of magnitude; build a defense and they will overcome it. You may be able to hit a bullet, but which bullet will you aim for when there are decoys along with the nukes? Can you hit it if there is a high altitude burst to mess up your trackers? Even a hit nuke will spread dirty radioactive material all around the target zone. Nukes can also come in on ships and cruise missiles, where no missile defense ... More »

I know a physicist and engineer who worked on this project in the Reagan years. Both agree it will never and can never work. They called it "fatally flawed" scientifically and technically. The physicist explained it much the way Hari does, as a bullet hitting another bullet, but then went on to prove to me why it couldn't work. Considering this, and the current deficit, I have to agree with Hari.

Of the 3 editorial I pened in my ten years at The United Methodist Reporter, the one that drew the most response was one in which I sited all of points here, [lus the fact that almost every nuclear RV has contact crystals which will make it go full scale nuclear when impacted, so we are only moving the detonation, not stopping it, An above atmosphere detonation has many more problems, which were still classified at the time and had to be left out. We have known for many years that ... More »