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The last thing you want is for a nuclear armed country to think "we can launch a few nukes - our missile defense will shield us from retaliation".

They would be less likely to launch them. Nukes are expensive, so what's the point of launching them if they'll be reliably shot down by the enemy?

The implication was that they would be launched at an enemy without reliable missile defense.

If we did have better missile defense, it would be a secret. The last thing we want is for our enemies to know about it.

Wait, you telling me that you don’t sign post where your secret things are kept? https://i.imgur.com/Pm0AkqR.jpg

The Missile Defense Agency annual budget is about $10B. How much more should we spend on it?