Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Not a Short]

"Cruise missiles can be launched from battleships, but they can also be launched from much lower priced vessels as well (with equal effectiveness - possibly nore so as they don't present as big and valuable a target)."

I agree. The two terms that come to mind for me are "Fuzzy Wuzzy Fallacy" and "Big Dumb Boosters". In many cases lots of smaller,cheaper,"worse" items/units can outperform "better" items/units.

The same thing that makes Battleships a bad idea makes the terrorist with a shoulder fired missle a "good idea" from the military standpoint (I don't mean to sound pro terrorism, it's just more effecient to destroy than protect)