Eugene Leitl wrote:
> Michael Lorrey writes:
yes, however, the major alarms would be irrelevant, for they would
sound only minutes before the reentry body finds its target. it would
be quite unclear with such a system who fired the shot, since it can
be arranged, with current technology, to be fired from a submerged
submarine, whose location was unknown before the launch. spike
>
> > > Actually, what's the point in sending a Tomahawk from an off-shore
> > > Destroyer or human-piloted fighter/bomber, when you can send
> > > something up in a parabolic trajectory that uses GPS to steer while
> > > decending upon its target?
>
> I'm not sure, but don't you get EM shielding during atmospheric
> reentry due to the plasma screen?
> > Because:
> >
> > a) objects in ballistic trajectories tend to trip major alarms in the HQ's of the
> > Strategic Nuclear command centers...