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7 months agoIntercontinental nukes basically can’t be shot down. This is because both sides can launch hundreds of rockets, each carrying multiple very small warheads. It’s basically impossible to intercept.
It’s literally not, this is a known problem.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle
Our missile defense systems are only really able to take down a few targets at best, and that unreliably. It’s REALLY hard to shoot down these kind of rockets.