Teemu: Defence, good defence that is, works in depth and by the time the terrorist have a SCUD with a 250k warhead all defences have already failed. Eric: We could perhaps enhance the radiological detection of international waters close to a medium -sized missile's firing range, but if the terrorists' were to have any decent shielding at all, nothing would show up. So yeas...you may be right. Allowing proliferation in countries like North Korea and Iran are the first steps toward the unthinkable. ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html