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Old February 22nd, 2004, 06:17 PM

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Default Re: OT: SDI and a new Russian rocket.

Hey, we had a decently functional missile defense system even before Regan. The problem is it used nukes itself.

The current system being worked on is really pretty limited, IIRC being designed to knock down only a few missiles at a time. A waste.

[ February 22, 2004, 16:17: Message edited by: Phoenix-D ]
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