Any defence system encourages potential enemies to find a way around that system. So the very expensive Maginot Line was outflanked by the Germans, who also attacked the Belgian forts at Eben Emal (sp?) with glider troops. There are enough alternatives already mentioned here, cruise missiles fired from submarines, clandestine attack with nuclear or biological devices. Sabotage is another possibility. A mass attack by ICBMs with many decoys will very likely swamp any anti-missile defence. So you Americans have to ask yourselves, what is it all for?

It's about time that politicians stopped taking everything that their military and big business partners say as gospel. There's another agenda here. These people want money. The politicians control the money. 'Nuff said?

Les