Hello Raoul -
Agree with you on that.
As for what we can do, if we can simply get 45 minutes warning of the impact point for small (75m) impactors we can get people into shelter and likely save everyone except those immediate to the point of impact. If we can get 2 to 3 days warning of the impact point for the medium size ones (300m), we can either evacuate the coastal areas, or a land impact point for several hundred miles, and put emergency services into place. In this case at least several hundred million lives would be saved, a number greater then the total casualties of the Second World War.
If we can get more warning time, then the possibility of diverting civilian and military launchers to deliver nuclear charges to the impactor becomes possible.
EP
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