I’m just curious why we’d be spending money we don’t have to defend the Czechs and the Poles? No offense to them, just wondering how that can be a priority? Shouldn’t we have a shield here in the US first? I don’t get it.
“Shouldn’t we have a shield here in the US first?”
It’s not like a force-field. You can prevent missiles from hitting the US by intercepting them anywhere along the trajectory. Advanced deployment makes sense to me as a building block of integrated missile defense.
Yes we should have one here, and there is technology avaialable. Since Reagan, congress has never had the will to do it.
It isnt defending Czechs and Poles. Get out a globe, look at Iran,,,trace your way to New York and DC by the direct route. A missile in its early boost phase passes over Czech republic, where the radar plots it. Then missiles are fired from poland for the intercept.
This never had anything to do with Russia. It was a mere handful of missiles, like 10 or so. Russia could easily overwhelm that. Also any russian launch tracks wouldnt pass over europe, they would fly over the polar region.
Russia knew the missiles had nothing to do with them, and had an ulterior diplomatic motive. Obama the amateur got owned by them. This was a minor thing he could easily have won.
You wouldn't think you'd have to explain this kind of thing to a sentient being.
The best time to intercept is close to launch. A CONUS-based shield would be best suited to defend against Hugo.
At this time “to defend the Czechs and the Poles” isn’t the question. The United States felt that this was the best defense against Iran......until Russia entered into the discussion. Russia didn’t want missle defence in those countries so our President went along with there wishes. That is what is important here.
The shield never had anything to do with defending those two countries. It would have defended all of Europe.
Truer words were never spoken considering your post on this thread.
If you don't understand the concept of standing up for what is right in defending our allies and ourselves in these troubled time, then no amount of explanations can get it through to you.
To steal from John Wayne, "You might be walking around, but you are as brain-dead as a beaver hat."
