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[quote=Bill Nichols]

Originally Posted by ASWnut101

Replace item 3 with long-range Midcourse interceptors. The U.S. already has a handful or two deployed in Alaska and California

http://www.mda.mil/mdalink/html/basics.html

Those systems aren't reliable yet. The facilities built are large-scale development programs still trying to make the system effective.