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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
point w/ Korea is to create the impression that we might get it. Deterent to them striking.
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Why is it a deterrent? So there's a 50% chance of success instead of a 100% chance of success? If they want to blow us up, wouldn't they still be willing to roll the dice? The deterrent is 1000 warheads ready to turn north korea into a radioactive desert.
What it does, if anything, is possibly take a bargaining chip off the table.
NK "We have a missile; give us food and oil"
US "We have Star Wars; your puny missile doesn't bother us. No soup for you."
