No. I think you misunderstand what I meant. Even if they haven't launched yet, one would still need to launch our ICBM 45 minutes ahead of theirs. Like if they were going to launch theirs Thursday at 1500 hrs. next week, we'd need to make sure we launched ours at 1415 hrs. Thursday so we could intercept it no matter where they sent it. It's all in the timing, not the mode used.
Given enough time, we could probably take it out with a balloon....but that would require launching far sooner and making sure the wind currents were just right at the altitude we are trying to hit.
It's all in the math....
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