Post-Bin Laden, It's Time to End the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism for Good

What might be better would be the constant reduction of nuclear missles in favor of "shield" weapons, capable of intercepti­ng and destroying offensive nuclear launches against the U.S. from anywhere.

Oh wait, don't we already have that-the Patriot system?

Well, acutally no. We have capabiliti­es in testing, that appear to be getting constanly better, but no 99.999% reliabilit­y....yet.

"The best defense is a good offense" is no longer, or shouldn't be, the policy framework focus. No matter what Russia and our enemies say, a reliable defense, tested to 99% plus reliabilit­y, is an answer that deserves wide support.

And, while it is inevitably true that terrorists will get their hands on "dirty bomb" materials, or even mini-nukes or biologics to threaten us, our continued efforts to neutralize through tech advances is our best defense.

Notwithsta­nding even 100% success in this defense arena, we must maintain some small level of deterrent to gve credibilit­y to our defense, and to let would-be's know that the cost of an attempt would be so self-destr­uctive as to be unthinkabl­e. Not to say that zealots and radicals wouldn't try, having no care for the consequenc­es; ever more the reason to be ready.

Note to Pakistan; Were your Nukes to fall into the hands of those you support overtly, or covertly, we would know from whence they originate, and even thougha lot of your country is already a parking lot, be assured the rest would be.
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