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Op-Ed-It’s Time to Ditch the ICBM, America’s Thermonuclear Dinosaur
War is Boring ^
| September 15, 2016
| Geoff Wilson and Noah Williams
Posted on 09/16/2016 8:44:17 AM PDT by C19fan
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The main benefit of land based ICBM was they were more accurate than SLBMs and bomber based weapons creating a credible counterforce option. But the performance of SLBMs have improved to the point they can attack military targets, for example, ICBM sites.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:44:17 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I prefer the triad but if they must go, let them go ballistically.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:45:44 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger)
To: C19fan
I gladly spend $10/yr to be able to nuke NORK or Mecca at the drop of a hat.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:47:45 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: C19fan
Let’s just dispose of them, 100 meters above Mecca and Tehran.
Could you imagine that? We might have peace for a few generations.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:48:06 AM PDT
by
struggle
(The)
To: C19fan
I think this premise is wrong headed.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:51:54 AM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: C19fan
I distrust anyone that suggests we decommission ANY part of our TRIAD in the name of “War is Boring,” frankly.
I am not willing to give up the ONE sure deterrent we have to remove a billion plus insane Muslims from this planet should our liberal ways get too cowardly.
Decommission HELL! UPGRADE and ENHANCE.....
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:52:12 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: C19fan
This is pure unilateral disarmament tripe. The fact is that while we have nations who arm with these weapons of mass destruction, we must also have them. Whether we use them or not is not really their purpose. In fact, it has been said that if we do use them they have failed in their mission. But since their widespread development, they have not been used. That seems to be something worth understanding. Can we reduce the cost? Maybe. Can we afford to allow the current systems to degrade in reliability without refurbishment? I believe a certain maintenance cost is also part of the program.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:52:16 AM PDT
by
KC_for_Freedom
(California engineer (ret) and ex-teacher (ret) now part time Professor (what do you know?))
To: C19fan
This is pure unilateral disarmament tripe. The fact is that while we have nations who arm with these weapons of mass destruction, we must also have them. Whether we use them or not is not really their purpose. In fact, it has been said that if we do use them they have failed in their mission. But since their widespread development, they have not been used. That seems to be something worth understanding. Can we reduce the cost? Maybe. Can we afford to allow the current systems to degrade in reliability without refurbishment? I believe a certain maintenance cost is also part of the program.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:52:25 AM PDT
by
KC_for_Freedom
(California engineer (ret) and ex-teacher (ret) now part time Professor (what do you know?))
To: C19fan
It’s better to have them and not need them rather than need them and not have them.
I say we keep them.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:54:18 AM PDT
by
Roger Kaputnik
(Just because I'm paranoid doesn't prove that they aren't out to get me.)
To: NonValueAdded
I concur.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:55:37 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
To: C19fan
The “War is Boring” blog is a bunch of little wannabes who think their opinion counts for something.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:56:33 AM PDT
by
paddles
("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
To: C19fan
The same idiot probably thinks we should pay $2 billion for abortions.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:56:40 AM PDT
by
CodeToad
To: C19fan
That's why the Russians put a lot of their ICBM's on mobile launchers--fixed launching sites won't survive a nuclear exchange, but mobile launchers have a greater chance to survive once the missile is launched. If we had not canceled the Midgetman missile, it's likely most of our ICBM's would be on small, mobile launchers by now.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:56:49 AM PDT
by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's economic cure)
To: C19fan
There are a lot of government costs that I’d see cut before I’d sacrifice our ICBM arsenal.
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:57:06 AM PDT
by
IronJack
To: C19fan
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:57:48 AM PDT
by
bubbacluck
(America 180)
To: Delta 21
Now if could just convince our gov’ts to leave us alone....
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:57:55 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: Gaffer
These two numbnuts who write this are anti nuke activists who are part of Ploughshares Fund which is an anti nuclear weapon think tank slash activism outfit
Why post this garbage here
They want to save the money to spend on social justice programs worldwide
God love em
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posted on
09/16/2016 8:58:32 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(free republic is an aging demographic)
To: struggle
Let one go about 50 miles above Tehran and see what happens.
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posted on
09/16/2016 9:04:06 AM PDT
by
Former Proud Canadian
(Gold and Silver are real money. Everything else is a derivative)
To: C19fan
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posted on
09/16/2016 9:04:21 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(It is very simple, Trump/Pence or Clinton/Kaine. Good riddance Lyn' Ted, we regret ever knowing you)
To: struggle
“Lets just dispose of them, 100 meters above Mecca and Tehran.”
Agreed, but let’s do it in feet and inches. We are Americans, after all.
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posted on
09/16/2016 9:05:39 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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