Maybe a more cost-effective way to stop incoming missiles is to be nicer to
folks in other countries so they don't want to shoot them at you......

Oh, there I go being Pollyanna again.

Ed

> The only effective ways to stop incoming ballistic
> missiles are boost stage destruction (tough, since the
> boost stage occurs either as a surprise from a mobile
> launcher or deep within "enemy" territory) and high
> altitude nuclear detonation, early enough to catch
> MIRVs before they are too far apart.  We aren't
> pursuing anything along either of those lines.
>
> Mike H.



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