U.S. surrounds Iran with missile defenses

UPI ^ | January 30, 2010

[myknowledge]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The United States has speeded movement of anti-missile defenses to the Persian Gulf to put pressure on Iran, government officials say.

Four countries in the region have accepted U.S. missile defense systems, and Aegis cruisers have been deployed, The New York Times reported Saturday. The move began under President George W. Bush but has recently been accelerated by President Obama.

Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command, discussed the deployment in a rare public forum at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington on Jan. 22. He did not name the countries but said each now has two Patriot missile batteries.

[mvpel]

That said - just because the equipment is technologically obsolete doesn’t mean it can’t achieve the mission exceptionally well.

[richardtavor]

Hopefully they have done a better job with it. I have many friends in Israel that told me that during the Gulf War, none of the missiles worked. They politely told us that a few worked, but none actually did. The US is collaborating with Israel on the Sparrow Anti Missile System and the Iron Dome System which appears to be encouraging. In the end, Israel will have to rely on G-d and themselves, which means everything will work out just fine.

[bert]

Is this confirmation on your report?

[PJBankard]

mvpel

That said - just because the equipment is technologically obsolete doesn’t mean it can’t achieve the mission exceptionally well.

I agree. Nothing the US Military is developing will ever be technologically up-to-date, compared to the rate of technological advances made. It takes years to design, build, and test these systems, before they are deployed into service. For what is built, the missile is advanced compared to other missiles of the same type, however the technology used is technically out of date.

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richardtavor

The PAC-3 has been combat tested during OIF, and has successfully shotdown Iraqi Surface-to-Surface Missiles. I am unsure of the exact figures and success rate of missiles fired to missiles shotdown, but I believe this is a major improvement compared to its predecessor.

[bert]

.....Maybe this is what 41 and 43 went to the WH.....

For the record. Wasn’t the recent visit by 41 and Jeb?

[M. Espinola]

The Tehran dictatorship should have been dealt with after Saddam’s capture. The Obamaites will use Iran for political gain, not resolve the threat once and for all.

[rahbert]

That face just calls out for a vertical buttstroke.

[hflynn]

General Barrack Obama deploys SBS (Super Bullshit) defense.

[onyx]

US beefs up military presence off Iranian shores

US deploys warships to Iran's southern waters

$100 oil coming soon?

[onyx]

U.S. speeds up arms buildup with Gulf allies Initiatives with Arab nations, military aimed at thwarting Iran attacks

[xone]

should I worry

Oh hell yeah!

[mamelukesabre]

6 core CPUs in a couple months. And solid state hard drives are already available.

[SunkenCiv]

Four countries in the region have accepted U.S. missile defense systems, and Aegis cruisers have been deployed, The New York Times reported Saturday. The move began under President George W. Bush but has recently been accelerated by President Obama.

That sound you hear is leftist heads exploding. :') Thanks myknowledge.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

Still watchin’...

[Shady]

Yes, the revolution cannot let the Conservatives win again, ever. The vote is gone, the will of the people without massive bloodshed is gone.

[chilltherats]

Maybe. But whichever the combination was, the point is that they’re all Bushes who held high political offices, including 41 who was once CIA chief, and are strongly anti-terrorism and quite knowledgeable about it.

[chilltherats]

If that happens, given zero’s weakness and the country’s broad knowledge of that, I really do think a groundswell would begin for his resignation.

The drilling needs to begin anyway because whether Nutjob mines the straits or not, any conflict with Israel is going to destabilize conditions there far more dramatically than they already have been and cause a huge jump in oil prices. That would lead to a complete overthrow of the environazi power grip because the uprising would be unstoppable. We’re not going down, especially not without a fight.

Oddly, with our economic engine almost at stop, industrial production on idle, and unemployment in high gear, we could probably withstand increased oil prices a little better than we could under our normal economic condition.

[chilltherats]

Thank you very much. I appreciate your note.

[chilltherats]

LOL! :)

[mrsixpack36]

They need to deal with it now. Ammanutjob wants to blow up Israel and he states this publicly. Enough is Enough.