re: #99 Unshaken Defiance
The US is also trying to move beyond a nuclear response to a major WMD or rogue nuclear attack. Global Rapid strike, if it ever comes to be. Weapons so fast and accurate they can let us destroy a building or threatening facility without the nuclear detonation and fallout. The Chinese have conventional ballistic missiles. we probably should too.
Wouldn’t the most logical means be some sort of space based kinetic weaponry, although I’m almost certain such things are banned?