To: jz638
It doesn't have to work perfectly.
It is sufficient that it introduces uncertainty into a potential opponent's calculations.
10 posted on
07/17/2005 8:28:00 PM PDT by
null and void
(You'll learn more on FR by accident, than other places by design)
To: null and void
"It is sufficient that it introduces uncertainty into a potential opponent's calculations."![](http://webpages.charter.net/aircover/USAflag.gif)
Precisely.
Though it does help that along with the enemy's new uncertainty of our defensive capability, that the enemy also has to know with certainty that we will retaliate offensively with a nuclear response EVEN IF their nuclear attack is entirely shot down.
12 posted on
07/17/2005 8:31:38 PM PDT by
Southack
(Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
To: null and void
It doesn't have to work perfectly.
It is sufficient that it introduces uncertainty into a potential opponent's calculations. With Little Kim, it matters if it works. He's too loony to care about effectiveness of his attack or possible retaliation.
31 posted on
07/17/2005 9:24:22 PM PDT by
El Gato
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