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**lizadax** · 10-04-2010, 10:36 PM

China and Russia have protested, saying it may well lead to a new arms race. There is also a legitimate concern that the launching of a conventional ICBM could be mistaken for a nuclear ICBM. The Administration and Pentagon is considering restricting these weapons to certain sites and allowing Russian and Chinese weapons inspectors periodic (annual, I believe) access to certify them. That may be fine for the sort of engagements we’ve been involved in over the last 30 years; but it gives me pause to think what might happen if their capabilities were degraded (because of electronic warfare interference, or physically degraded because they’re involved in the conflict, etc.) and they were able to detect a launch or missiles in the air, but not their exact origin or target.

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lizadax Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 394 Senior Member	China and Russia have protested, saying it may well lead to a new arms race. There is also a legitimate concern that the launching of a conventional ICBM could be mistaken for a nuclear ICBM. The Administration and Pentagon is considering restricting these weapons to certain sites and allowing Russian and Chinese weapons inspectors periodic (annual, I believe) access to certify them. That may be fine for the sort of engagements we’ve been involved in over the last 30 years; but it gives me pause to think what might happen if their capabilities were degraded (because of electronic warfare interference, or physically degraded because they’re involved in the conflict, etc.) and they were able to detect a launch or missiles in the air, but not their exact origin or target.
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