Ken S. Tucker wrote:
On May 10, 10:59 am, Dan wrote:
An orbit is predictable. A seagoing vessel's course isn't. A
satellite can't change course 90º, a CVN can.

Dan, you're teasing me ;-).
So can fighter jets, Air-to-Air guided missiles work at
quite long ranges, such as the Pheonix, against evasive
(turning) targets, using 1970's technology.

And anti-ship missiles like Granit work at long ranges against ships.
But since neither are ballistic missiles, that success tells us nothing
about the operational practicality of an anti-ship ballistic missile.

Might as well claim that since a reasonable shot can break clay pigeons
most of the time, the US doesn't need a national missile defence
program: one man atop the Washington Monument with a shotgun and a box
of cartridges can take out any incoming ICBMs just fine.

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He thinks too much, such men are dangerous.