[quote=@rextremendum]
If something gets past the planetary defense cannon, what is stopping the people with nuke-tipped rockets blowing them out of the fucking skies? They would do it for a fraction of the cost, just as well or even better than the cannons.

I guess their people like being bled dry by oppressively high taxes that are wasted on extravagance. You sound like Mitt Romney saying we need to tax the people to make more battleships. "Lets make something worse than the much cheaper more elegant versions for no reason other than to wave our dicks around"
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*scratches chin with narrowed eye's*

you know, I wouldn't be against the idea of switching out the planetary defense cannons for hand held nuclear tipped warhead launchers if it didn't radiate the atmosphere...