Does Kessler syndrome also mean ICBMs become nonviable?
No.
It's not a wall. The risk from going through a dangerous orbit is much much less than the risk from staying there.
I remember a short story about Canada preventing total global annihilation in WWIII, by deliberately triggering Kessler syndrome. My google-fu is failing me though.
No.
It's not a wall. The risk from going through a dangerous orbit is much much less than the risk from staying there.