Nukes in this day and age seem to me like they should effectively be obsolete. I feel like in the age of satellite observation and the idea of geo-privacy being basically null, every developed country ought to have anti icbm tech, similar to an mrap. Short of mass amounts of dirty bombs, I feel like nuclear war should be a non issue in modern times.
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An icbm is vulnerable during the few minutes following its launch. After that it’s out of range of interception systems, basically most of the flight takes place in space. Interception during re-entry is also complicated as the missile travels extremely fast then splits and spread decoys.
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