[Wowfunhappy]

Possibly stupid question, but I've been wondering about this for a while:

Could space debris also make ICBM launches infeasible? If so, I honestly wonder whether the trade-off could be worthwhile.

[NikkiA]

Probably not, ICBMs don't need to attain a full useful LEO, they only need to stay in an orbital path for 1-2 orbits as current warhead delivery vehicles are configured. That would allow them to use an orbital path lower than any orbit that could be sustainable for debris.

Even if the current crop of ICBMs can't be configured to use such an orbit, development of such wouldn't take more than a few months.