So unless the Pentagon is prepared to carpet the nation with interceptors, it is clear that terminal defense is not an appropriate response to the threat of a few nuclear-armed ICBMs.

• 所以，除非五角大厦准备在美国各地全面部署拦截器，否则终端防御系统并不适合用来因应核子洲际弹道飞弹所造成的威胁。