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In response to ""We detected two geographically separated missile launch events with a exo-atmospheric collision also being observed by space-based sensors," she said" by Loyola

I'm less worried about them being able to destroy incoming missles than I am with their ability to destroy satellites.

Posted by TWuG Jan 12 '10, 10:00

After all, it ain't like we're going to be lobbing missiles at them.

Though a successful system that they could make available to people we would like to lob missiles at would be troublesome.

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If they build missiles like they build cars, we'll be fine. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:01 18
- Not true...look at the Soviets. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:08 4
  - damn you and your counter examples. still, the Soviets were quite different. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:13 3
    - just saying that certain countries can build a decent consumer product but can sure field a fine atuomatic weapon, - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:16 2
      - true true. and I'm saying China is not one of those countries. :) -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:17
      - can't -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 12, 10:17
- Hardly. Exploding cars may be a design flaw, but exploding missiles is Mission Accomplished. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:02 12
  - it's not your own missiles that are supposed to explode. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:03 11
    - Of course they are. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 12, 10:05
    - I'm quite sure that they *are* -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:04 5
      - the goal, see, is to destroy the incoming missile. that's what missile intercept means. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:05 4
        
        and to do that, most existing systems detonate before impacting the target missile -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:06 3
        
        Give her a break. It's not like she worked at the Pentagon or anything. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Jan 12, 10:11 2
        
        She has a point though. The missile that's going up doing the intercepting should come back down after it killed the other one and park in the army - Loyola Jan 12, 10:13
        
        indeed I never did. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:13
    - They were supposed to explode. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 10:04 3
      - forget it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 12, 10:05 2
        
        I know what you're trying to say, I'm just trying to say ... all the design flaws in chinese cars are gold-star performance for chinese rockets. :) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 12, 10:06
        
        Good thinking. -- nm - Loyola Jan 12, 10:05

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