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Originally Posted by piece-itpete
It is theoretically simple. And certainly relatively easier than say landing on the moon - and taking back off - with 60s technology.
There is no fundamental difference between a ground to air missile taking down a plane.
Btw Finn, the largest engineering project in the history of Man is also the most ignored, the ISS 
A rogue group getting their hands on a missile, or a country like North Korea blackmailing everyone, isn't the last war.
Pete |
North Korean Blackmail only works when they don't use their nukes. As soon as the used one, they would be dead. And they know that.
How many missile bases should be built? We pretty nearly need to cover the entire world to make it feasible.
And again, America is broke! America can't afford to pay it's ongoing military commitments without borrowing every dime of it from China, let alone take on incredibly expensive new research projects for an enemy that might not exist.
And it is a damn site harder to shoot down a missile doing upwards of 15,000 mph then an airplane then an airplane going at less than a 1000.