All-Missile Warfare - It's Only a Concept

This post is in a form of a concept and it is not intended to harm national security and/or link to any military secret.

In approximately the next millennium, firearms for military use will be on the verge of obsolescence. In that case, all powerful countries will have to change their strategy in favor of missiles as the only weapons in war. Newer wars during that period will have to be fought using missiles. Missile technology is increasing, and electronic defenses against them are becoming more technologically advanced and more sophisticated. Missiles in the future will be fired from the shoulder, as in antitank and antiaircraft missiles, or have heat seekers and the resistance to enemy radar detection. Large missiles of the future fired from space or from an earth-based base can destroy a large metropolitan area or even a small country. Missile-toting countries will have to reinforce defenses in case a war has started by another missile-armed nation. If that country launches a preemptive strike on a large city or an important military installation located in a warring nation to decrease its will to fight back, that nation will have to get help from a friendly nation that has powerful missiles to fight back before the time is up. Future wars that use only missiles are more costly than World War II, and bring more havoc to almost all participating nations.

After the war, the suffering nations will take much time to rebuild themselves economically, physically, and environmentally. Thus an all-missile war is more destructive than wars that use conventional strategy and tactics.

The specific names of nations, weapons, and other locations used in this post are not mentioned for security reasons.