To: StolarStorm
??? These are inceptors intended to take out missiles headed TOWARD France and Germany. They aren't really there to protect Poland. Poland is just closer to the path the missles would take...
If you look at a map you can kind of see Poland, but Lithuania seems too far north, unless you are protecting Sweden or Norway.
To: microgood
Norway is a member of NATO also — so protecting them is rational. Also, such radars will help if Iran gets ICBM’s that can reach over the pole to the US. Knowing Putin, he’ll probably sell the technology to Iran.
76 posted on
07/21/2008 9:52:58 PM PDT by
LenS
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