Annie Jacobsen
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No, impossible. That I would be willing to bet.
Well, that's where we get the success rate that's around 50% because of the tests, right? And actually, the interceptor program is, are you ready for this? It's on strategic pause, right? Right now, meaning the interceptor missiles are there, but developing them and making them more effective is on strategic pause because They can't be made more effective, right?
Well, that's where we get the success rate that's around 50% because of the tests, right? And actually, the interceptor program is, are you ready for this? It's on strategic pause, right? Right now, meaning the interceptor missiles are there, but developing them and making them more effective is on strategic pause because They can't be made more effective, right?
Well, that's where we get the success rate that's around 50% because of the tests, right? And actually, the interceptor program is, are you ready for this? It's on strategic pause, right? Right now, meaning the interceptor missiles are there, but developing them and making them more effective is on strategic pause because They can't be made more effective, right?
People have these fantasies that we have a system like the Iron Dome, and they see this in current events, and they're like, oh, our interceptors would do that. It's just simply not true.
People have these fantasies that we have a system like the Iron Dome, and they see this in current events, and they're like, oh, our interceptors would do that. It's just simply not true.
People have these fantasies that we have a system like the Iron Dome, and they see this in current events, and they're like, oh, our interceptors would do that. It's just simply not true.
We have systems I write about called the THAAD system, which is ground-based, and then the Aegis system, which is on vessels. And these are great at shooting down some rockets, but they can only shoot them sort of one at a time. You cannot shoot the mother load as it's coming in. Those are the smaller systems, right, the tactical nuclear weapons.
We have systems I write about called the THAAD system, which is ground-based, and then the Aegis system, which is on vessels. And these are great at shooting down some rockets, but they can only shoot them sort of one at a time. You cannot shoot the mother load as it's coming in. Those are the smaller systems, right, the tactical nuclear weapons.
We have systems I write about called the THAAD system, which is ground-based, and then the Aegis system, which is on vessels. And these are great at shooting down some rockets, but they can only shoot them sort of one at a time. You cannot shoot the mother load as it's coming in. Those are the smaller systems, right, the tactical nuclear weapons.
And by the way, our THAAD systems are all deployed overseas and our Aegis systems are all out at sea. And again, reporting that, I was like, wait, what? You know, you have to really hunker down. Are we sure about this? People really don't want to believe this is an actual fact. After 9-11, Congress considered
And by the way, our THAAD systems are all deployed overseas and our Aegis systems are all out at sea. And again, reporting that, I was like, wait, what? You know, you have to really hunker down. Are we sure about this? People really don't want to believe this is an actual fact. After 9-11, Congress considered
And by the way, our THAAD systems are all deployed overseas and our Aegis systems are all out at sea. And again, reporting that, I was like, wait, what? You know, you have to really hunker down. Are we sure about this? People really don't want to believe this is an actual fact. After 9-11, Congress considered
putting Aegis missiles and maybe even THAAD systems along the west coast of the United States to specifically deal with the threats against nuclear-armed North Korea. But it hasn't done so yet. And again, you have to ask yourself, wait a minute, this is insanity. One nuclear weapon gets by any of these systems and it's full-out nuclear warfare. So that's not the solution.
putting Aegis missiles and maybe even THAAD systems along the west coast of the United States to specifically deal with the threats against nuclear-armed North Korea. But it hasn't done so yet. And again, you have to ask yourself, wait a minute, this is insanity. One nuclear weapon gets by any of these systems and it's full-out nuclear warfare. So that's not the solution.
putting Aegis missiles and maybe even THAAD systems along the west coast of the United States to specifically deal with the threats against nuclear-armed North Korea. But it hasn't done so yet. And again, you have to ask yourself, wait a minute, this is insanity. One nuclear weapon gets by any of these systems and it's full-out nuclear warfare. So that's not the solution.
More nuclear weapons is not the solution.
More nuclear weapons is not the solution.
More nuclear weapons is not the solution.
So North Korea has, let's say, 50 nuclear weapons right now. Some NGOs put it at more than 100. It's impossible to know because North Korea's nuclear weapons program has no transparency. They're the only nuclear-armed nation that doesn't announce when they do a ballistic missile test. Everyone else does. No one wants to start a nuclear war by accident, right?