The idea was that we would force the Soviets to re-target their nuclear weapons — very expensive — and potentially double their arsenal, to not only take out the original site, but take out sites where people were going.
La idea era que obligaríamos a los Soviéticos a re-dirigir sus armas nucleares... algo muy caro... y a doblar potencialmente su arsenal no sólo para eliminar el sitio original, sino también para eliminar los sitios a los que la gente iba.