We had an ABM system once.

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Lee — 9/16/2004 2:28:53 AM (archived)

Safeguard was our nation's first ABM system. It was deployed in the mid 1970s. On October 2, 1975 a Democratic Congress voted to defund and kill it one day after achieving full operational status. Had Safeguard been kept, ABM technology would be decades ahead of where it is today.

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Deploy, then test - alcaray - 9/14/2004 5:45:00 PM
- We had an ABM system once. - Lee - 9/16/2004 2:28:53 AM
  - And maybe we would have had a nuclear war, if we kept it. - alcaray - 9/16/2004 4:15:49 PM
    - The Russians have had their system operational all of this time - Larry J - 9/16/2004 4:46:19 PM
      - Imagine the advances that would've come had it been kept. (n/t) - Lee - 9/17/2004 1:19:34 AM
- Hardly belongs on the space board - Art Martin - 9/14/2004 11:02:20 PM
  - Actually... (Robert?) - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 11:32:00 PM
    - Actually - Robert - 9/15/2004 3:16:26 PM
      - ok works for me. Just seemed we were pulling politics into here more than necessary. (n/t) - Art Martin - 9/15/2004 5:11:43 PM
        
        Goes with the territory - Robert - 9/16/2004 3:36:58 PM
        
        re: Goes with the territory - Tom Brosz - 9/17/2004 9:13:03 PM
        
        re: Goes with the territory - Art Martin - 9/16/2004 5:58:12 PM
  - I would not mind any inside info that JimO might share about it. - alcaray - 9/14/2004 11:29:13 PM
- Sounds good to me. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 6:29:06 PM
  - Ineffective weapons get people killed. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/14/2004 8:43:10 PM
    - Please describe scenario where ineffective missile defense system kills more people than no missile defense system. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 9:39:22 PM
      - re: Please describe scenario where ineffective missile defense system kills more people than no missile defense system. - alcaray - 9/14/2004 10:40:22 PM
        
        re: Please describe scenario - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2004 11:47:04 PM
        
        You missed too. Point is, if you think you have one and don't, then what. - Bowser - 9/15/2004 4:07:33 AM
        
        They may be madmen, but they're in the Pentagon - dtb - 9/15/2004 2:04:17 AM
        
        Excellent points, and not hypothetical - dtb - 9/14/2004 11:27:15 PM
        
        Could you point us to a source on any of these statements? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2004 6:28:09 AM

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