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Quixote1818

(28,926 posts) Sat Mar 5, 2022, 10:18 PM Mar 2022

How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile?

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How Would We Stop a Nuclear Missile? (Original Post) Quixote1818 Mar 2022 OP

What nonsense CloudWatcher Mar 2022 #1

Russian subs are probably off the US east coast as we speak. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #2

Send superman rownesheck Mar 2022 #3

that we are even talking about this magicguido Mar 2022 #4

CloudWatcher

(1,846 posts)

1. What nonsense

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Mar 5, 2022, 11:01 PM

Mar 2022

We might be able to stop a few incoming ICBMs, but notice that launches from enemy submarines were not even mentioned in passing.

Their subs could be close enough to our coasts that we'd essentially have no time to shoot down missiles before they reached their targets.