If ICBMs can reach practically anywhere in the northern emisphere why do countries worry about misiles placed in a neighbouring country?

Question

If ICBMs can reach practically anywhere in the northern emisphere why do countries worry about misiles placed in a neighbouring country?

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Answer 1

ICBMs are super expensive, and very unlikely to be used. Ordinary surface-to-surface missiles are much cheaper, Russia’s using them every day in Ukraine. Nobody wants it to be cheap and easy to attack them.