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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.

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Norway is a member of NATO also — so protecting them is rational.

I dunno. I find it hard to make a case that Norway and Sweden are under threat of attack by Syria or Iran. If I was negotiating with Russia, I would be worried about my arguments here.

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.

It is always prudent to plan ahead years in advance but it would be hard to make the case for this in the near term.

Knowing Putin, he’ll probably sell the technology to Iran.

If we put these missles all over Europe, you are right. He probably will. And would you blame him, being the paranoid schizoid he is?

On the other hand, I do not believe our stated reasons for putting these systems in place so I am not surprised Putin does not believe it either.