[StolarStorm]

Our sights in eastern Europe render the Russian nukes worthless

Say what? These systems could only take out a handful of missiles at best. Russia could easily defeat the system in many ways. It has NO effect on the ability of Russia to counterstrike. And they know it too.

[DoughtyOne]

These sights with other sights make a considerable impact. This is a wide ranging plan that will eventually included these sights, space based systems, aircraft, and defensive sights on our soil.

To the original point, I don’t think we would like it either.

[BIV]

Well, I think the theory is that the US defense systems weaken Russian deterrence because many land based ICBMs are vulnerable and would be destroyed in a US first strike. Those remaining could be intercepted to some degree by the US defense system on Russia’s border.
MAD is what sustained Russia in the ‘90s; Paranoia has long been the largest city in Russia.
But, I don’t like Russian Bears in the US underbelly much. I guess their subs are all over the place, though.