The Offensive Use of Ballistic Missile Shields.

The article discusses ballistic missile shields. The US strategy meant to deal with Weapons of Mass Destruction would appear to be at least partially based on the construction of a missile defense shield. The ultimate strategic concept being envisioned would appear to be a missile shield with several layers of defense, each consisting of a number of weapons systems. The system set up to cover North America would rely on early warning from ground radar systems in allied countries. By any common-sense criterion, the national missile defense plan is an extremely ineffective means of defending the continental US and, by extension, its allies.