Challenge: how to deploy an anti-ballistic missile shield in 1985

@Delta Force: Well, it's possible, but difficult, only if you can change the warhead, because you need a sensor for intercept. In 1984 the Homing Overlay Experiment destroyed an incoming warhead using a kill vehicle mounted on the tip of a Minuteman I. In the 90s a "Minuteman Option" was studied: using Minuteman for mid-course defense, provided that you change the nuclear warheads with kill vehicles. That option was trashed because of strategic and political problems: if you launch ICBM, neutral powers could not know if you are launching a massive nuclear attack or ABMs. But I think it's possible if you have enough time to change the warheads.
If you know different programs, using Minutemen without any warhead modifications, please tell me. Because it could be a very rare and precious info.
About the natural radiation boost, maybe you're referring to 1958 Operation Argus:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Argus
Phisically it works, but it could be ineffective for intercept: a shielded ICBM could bypass the radiation belt without problems.

The concept was part of the US ABM system.
 
there is one thing about this christoforos effect and large amounts of nukes exploding. The earths magnetic field is already steadily declining in strength (this is a natural thing, it flips polarity every now and then), and it is known that heavy explosions made the field wobble a little. So wondering if the massed amount of explosion would be enough to flip the polarity of the earth magnetic field. If that would start to happen you get a whole set of new issues.
 
May you explain more?

Quote below from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safeguard_Program

Q:Safeguard was a two-layer defense system. The long-range Spartan missile would attempt interception outside the Earth's atmosphere. The missile's long range allowed protection of a large geographic area. If the Spartan failed to intercept the incoming offensive missile, the high performance & high speed (but short range) Sprint missile would attempt an interception within the atmosphere. Both missiles used nuclear warheads, and they relied on destroying or damaging the incoming warhead with radiation rather than heat or blast. The Spartan carried a weapon with a 5 megaton yield; the Sprint in the kiloton range.[1]

The tests in Alaska in 1971 was controversial and had court challenges. The link below describes the tests and the ABM system the bombs were meant for.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?i...=6916,3772185&dq=1971+neutron+bomb+test&hl=en
 
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