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Fighting China Over Taiwan Could Cripple U.S. Military (www.19fortyfive.com)
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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Yeah, and another factor is that these missiles have a shelf life, so I would imagine ones from 40 years ago aren't super reliable either. It's basically a completely non viable system for defending against modern missiles. Americans should think very long and hard about pushing the world towards a world war, because it's pretty clear that whatever missile shield US thinks they might have isn't going to work.