On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, Eugene Leitl wrote:
You're saying it, "propaganda value". Missiles are only vulnerable during boost phase, while they still have fuel onboard.
Bull. Missiles are vulnerable to various assaults during their entire flight. The aerodynamic forces during boost and terminal flight operations, vacuum effects (rupture a fuel tank and watch that baby gyrate).
You need serious energy flux and tracking precision to terminate a warhead.
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