Speaking of interesting international scenarios:
What happens if we provoke Russia, China, or Iran into a nuclear missile attack and we are “successful” in shooting down the missiles heading for New York, California, and D.C., but “fail” to intercept the missiles heading for Texas, Florida, and other “red” states?
Something to think about.
During congressional hearings it was admitted we don’t have enough missle defense for even your possible scenario
My understanding is we have something like 44 ground based interceptors some that have never had a successful test CE-1 interceptor which accounts for almost half
40
In Alaska and 4 in California
So if China or Russia launch an all out attack and even if it is limited we are screwed, but so is everyone else
No, it’s not.
What happens if we provoke Russia, China, or Iran into a nuclear missile attack and we are “successful” in shooting down the missiles heading for New York, California, and D.C.,
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Not really, since we have virtually no missile defense - 0Bama killed it during his terms, but Trump tried to revive it but ran into money problems since most of the federal revenue goes to entitlement programs, not to the military.
Now its so bad the Navy cannot afford planes or ships and the AF cannot afford fighters or bombers. Biden’s proposed budget cuts DOD spending even more. The DOD only gets 3.2% of the GDP now, less later.,
Missile defense? What’s that?
There are only a handful of kill vehicles - enough to take out 5-6 incoming from NK. None will take out Russian missiles; THAD might get a few Chinese ones, if they are exceedingly lucky; the Navy’s SM series could get a few more.
But then we are talking about many 100s of missiles, so most will get through, no matter their targets.
However most of those named countries will not, not, never launch. Except Iran. The only country that MAD is meaningless to. The Mad Mullahs actually want a nuclear conflagration per their “religious” beliefs.