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Yes, antimissile systems will shoot down most of your missile volley, so you need to launch enough that they become overwhelmed and the few that make it through accomplish your goal.

We don’t know exactly how much “most” is, but its enough that the powers that be consider our current level of armament to be necessary.

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This is where I think there is a misunderstanding. You don’t just fire only nukes at a country. You fire a multi pronged attack with regular bombardment aswell.

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Shooting down a nuclear icbm doesn’t really help as much as you think, if it catches it.

Not to mention the atmosphere lighting up wouldn’t be much better

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You know they don’t go critical when you shoot them right?

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