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.