Beyond the pool and the ocean views, there is a bunker, a trauma hospital and something akin to Mad Max's version of an auto body shop, where specialized gear heads will fix "the ballistic glass on your armored vehicle, " as Mr. Stock puts it.

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Moreover, because protecting America's entire civilian electronic infrastructure is not fiscally feasible and because a ballistic missile is the most likely delivery vehicle for an EMP attack, the most prudent method to protect America is a missile defense system that could destroy a ballistic missile before it reaches U.S. airspace.

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As U.S. intelligence revealed last week, the destructive intercept was performed by a kinetic-kill vehicle (KKV) launched onboard a medium-range ballistic missile.

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But even the former head of the Russian Strategic Missile Troops, noting the capabilities of a recent Iranian "space vehicle" launch, predicted that Iran would have "ballistic missiles with a range of 3, 500-4, 000 kilometers or even more, " possibly in the next few years.

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Nothing wrong in that, you might say, but plans for India's first inter-continental ballistic missile depend heavily on the technology developed for its space-launch vehicle.

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"But our concerns with Iran's development of space launch vehicle technologies are obviously well-known: Any space launch vehicle capable of placing an object in orbit is directly relevant to the development of long-range ballistic missiles, " she told reporters.

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