From: "John Beamish" 

Yup.  There's a trade-off that nation-states make.  A non-nationstate force
probably makes different ones.

On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:55:34 -0500, Monte Davis
 wrote:

> "John Beamish"  wrote:
>
>> About 75,000 containers go through US ports
>> daily.  A GPS, a nuke and a container are much better.  Total
>> deniablilty
>> too since there's no missle track to give yourself away.
>
> I take your point, but there are strong reasons why a government -- as
> distinct from non-state actors -- would prefer the speed and
> "centralization" of ICBMs. As deniability goes up, command and control
> goes down.
>

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