Question would be, how many could be stopped simultaneously and could they be stopped before they reached populated areas.
There are literally air defense systems spread across the globe. Speaking of the "number of locations", I would dare say there are air defense systems in more places then there are nukes. Do you think that makes a difference? Do you think one country alone could/would shoot that many nukes at once as to completely overwhelm all air defense systems?
If it where my dumbass I would launch a fuckton of regular missile to confuse the defences then launch some nukes.
It only takes one. Everyone makes mistakes. Even air defence systems have to shoot down a civilian plane now and again.
Do you think one country alone could/would shoot that many nukes at once as to completely overwhelm all air defense systems?
Um... yes? This is the publicly stated strategy. This has been the specter of global nuclear war for the last 70 years. MAD? Mutually Assured Destruction? have you never heard these terms? The official strategy through the entire cold war was "If anyone launches even a single nuke, everybody launches ALL the nukes." This strategy was (in part) a result from the development of viable missile defense systems post WWII
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