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Originally Posted by the truth
can a nuclear missile actually be destroyed whilst in flight? I know we have a defence system. Ignore the movies, I dont think we can stop these missiles once launched and we cant stop meteorites either
When you break it down how insane is this world and the idiots running it....endless wars, endless famine ,a single footballer paid 1000 times as much per week as a fireman? literally trillions more spent on bombs than on feeding the starving and enough bombs to blow up the entire world 1000000 times over
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There are anti ICBM systems, I think only the US and Russia have working ones though and the Russian one specifically protects Moscow rather than the country. Effectiveness is another question though. Missiles can be blown up in flight or downed (effective for the US as they'd likely be coming in over the Pacific so can safely-ish be crashed into the ocean) but, basically, if you're talking full scale multiple launches, it would only be able to take down a few and most would get through.
In other words, if NK launched one little nuke at the US it would probably be downed. If Russia and the US started firing their stockpiles at each other, it would be as much use as a pea-shooter.