Obligatory the missile knows who's been naughty because the missile knows who's been nice. By subtracting naughty acts from nice, or nice acts from naughty (whichever is greater), the missile creates an ethos.

We want our military to be able to strike anywhere on the planet, deploy sizable expeditionary forces quickly, defend allies in every corner of the globe, and have qualitative superiority over any foe. You can’t do that cheap. You just can’t.