Would the United States allow a missile defense system to be installed in Cuba?
I ask this because it seems to me it would be very hard to verify if missile silos were truly defensive instead of offensive.
Perhaps I’m not understanding something here, but I’m not convinced that Russia isn’t within some rights to be worried about missiles being installed on it’s borders.
I think we would be too.
Has someone got an explanation for why I should see it differently?
“Has someone got an explanation for why I should see it differently?”
They really are apples and oranges. The interceptor missiles are small and have no warhead. They just hit the target and use kinetic energy to destroy it. It is not going to be mistaken for a ballistic missile with a warhead which would be much larger.
The problem the Russians have with it is not that it might be offensive but that they think it might actually work defensively and that diminishes their nuclear threat.
So where did you read that anti-ballistic missiles are fired out of missile silos? They are small and could not possibly be mistaken for a nuclear missile. They destroy with energy derived from speed and shrapnel thrown out from a small explosion near their target.
Some people have to get a clue. Russia is entirely afraid these missiles will be used against an attack by THEM on Europe. Now why would they be afraid of that since they have always demonstrated how peaceful & trustworthy they are....