> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Spike Jones wrote:
>
> Commenting on my comment that defensively one cannot compete against
> someone of similar economic capacity who puts the funds into offsense.
>
> > Oh ye of little faith Robert. Looks to me like we
> > could defend ourselves against a hellishly determined
> > nuclear attack, given enough THAAD missiles and support radar.
>
What I don't understand is why anyone bothers with delivery systems for
nukes anymore.
Wouldn't it be a lot cheaper to just assemble massive arsenals of bombs which are exploded in-situ? After all, once you blow up enough of them, the whole world is stuffed, including your would-be agressor. In a decent sized nuclear war, the effect would be exactly as devestating to all parties as if you had dropped the bombs on your opponent.
Emlyn