Also since there is particularly more time during this phase, less launch sites are needed to cover a larger area (5) The disadvantage to the extra time is that the perpetrator has the same amount of time to counter the interceptor. ... Unlike other systems, the debate didn't lie in technical aspects of the system, but rather in the positioning of the interceptor launch sites. (2) Since the system was set up to protect cities by intercepting missiles during Terminal Phase, the interceptors would have to be placed within the city. ... The Nixon Administration revamped the Sentinel syst...

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In July of 1945 a team of scientists and engineers working under the command of General Groves on the Manhattan Project demonstrated at the Trinity site in New Mexico that a rapid series of chain reactions could be harnessed to make a nuclear weapon. ...

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When a terrorist is trained to act normal, looks the same as you and is essentially your average John Doe, there is no wonder that counter-terrorism agencies have so much trouble catching them. In fact, even though there are special counter-terrorism squads and specialist units, trained to eliminate terrorists, they can not do anything until an act of terrorism has been committed, and hostage taking situations are becoming less frequent because of the fact that one can virtually never escape once that has happened, and an airplane can't stay in the air forever. ... Obviously we can&#...

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In 1979 NATO ministers adopted a "dual track" strategy to counter the soviets decision to deploy SS 20 intermediate range missile. ... To ensure that the treaty was being followed they established various types of on site inspections. ...

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