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There are different kinds of killing machines. And accurate missiles are among the least bad.

With the exception of nuclear weapons (that's another topic), missiles are designed to destroy one particular target of strategic importance and nothing more. They are too expensive as mass killing weapons, but they are particularly appropriate for defense.

Without missiles, you may need to launch an assault, destroying everything on your way to the target, risk soldier lives, etc... Less accurate weapons mean higher yield to compensate, so more needless destruction.

War is terrible, but I'd rather have it fought with missiles than with mass produced bombs, machine guns, and worst of all, mines.



On the other hand, making killing a target easier to do gives you the incentive to do just this instead of trying to find an alternative solution.

Case in point: currently the country with the best army in the world is also the one going the most at war.




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