Aegis, Patriot, and THAAD are all short-range, terminal phase anti-ballistic-capable systems.
Also, to be clear, it would be a very bad idea for the US to pursue an expansion of the GMD system to be “impermeable” to a peer state, because not only would it be cripplingly expensive (even in the context of US military budgets), but it would also diminish the disincentive of doing a nuclear first strike (which would obviously lead directly to an intercontinental nuclear war), and you can guess who would want to do something like that.
The Republican 2024 front-runner on Friday complained to a crowd of supporters in Mason City, Iowa, about electric catapults and magnetic elevator systems for U.S. aircraft carriers.
The four-times-indicted former president polarized with this line: “All I know about magnets is this, give me a glass of water, let me drop it on the magnets, that’s the end of the magnets.”
I’m gonna guess that what he’s attempting to refer to here is the Iron Dome system of Israeli fame.
We already have anti-ballistic missile systems:
Also, to be clear, it would be a very bad idea for the US to pursue an expansion of the GMD system to be “impermeable” to a peer state, because not only would it be cripplingly expensive (even in the context of US military budgets), but it would also diminish the disincentive of doing a nuclear first strike (which would obviously lead directly to an intercontinental nuclear war), and you can guess who would want to do something like that.
Joke’s on you, in the time it took you to write out this informed rebuttal he’s already moved on to wet magnets.
What is a wet magnet?
Try to keep up with the gish gallop:
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-latest-relentlessly-stupid-084138421.html
What the ever loving fuck?
First time?
I thought you were joking, but then a couple posts down was an article about his wet magnet comments. Unbefuckinglievable.
Slop 'em up