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."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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