As long as Putin values his life a war should be avoided, for I believe he knows the truth that the day he attacks the U.S.A. his life will end. At that point, the remaining question is how much damage will we sustain and a really really good missile defense system, one that is effective beyond Putin’s and the world's wildest dreams in our back pocket sounds good to me, so the development of a space based system that is capable of virtually instantly taking out any incoming missiles from above sounds like a pretty good mission to be engaged in.
Some say Trump is sparking an arms race but I think such logic is nonsense for the race has been ongoing by others while our past “genius political representatives” have been out agreeing to curtail our development of superior defensive and offensive weapons while depleting our economy and military. So glad to see Trump addressing this, it takes yuge money to get this done properly.
To say someone is sparking an existing fire as if that is some kind of threat of igniting an already burning flame simply makes no sense…