Alexander Konovalov head of the Moscow-based Institute for Strategic Assessments says Wednesday's attack served two purposes.
VOA: standard.2010.07.21
The first possible example of a maritime attack that impacted the US was on September 13, 1814 when the British fleet staged an attack on the Port of Baltimore (they identified this as the most strategicattack point in the country).
The comprehensive capability to defend against ballistic missile attack inherent in a space-based SDI is utterly incompatible with the concept of strategic vulnerability to such attack enshrined in that 1972 accord.