Critics contend that the new missile is a weapon whose importance is largely symbolic, more a tool for manipulating people's perceptions than to fulfill a real military need.

A) for manipulating people's perceptions than to fulfill
B) for manipulating people's perceptions than for fulfilling
C) to manipulate people's perceptions rather than that it fulfills
D) to manipulate people's perceptions rather than fulfilling
E) to manipulate people's perceptions than for fulfilling

B