Poles, Czechs: US missile defense shift a betrayal

[ChumpDumper]

It is amazing how far removed from reality your view is of this situation.

spursncowboys: Do you think there exists a real tangible threat of the Russian invasion and occupation of Europe?

They said the same thing about Nazi's, USSR, Iraq after O. Desert Storm.

lol Iraq

Miss this guy.

[Winehole23]

When he posted here last he said was in Afghanistan. If he was part of the surge there, maybe he'll be coming back soon.

[coyotes_geek]

snc was always good for sparking a lively conversation. if memory serves, he was going to be going to iraq or afghanistan. can't remember which. i hope the guy is safe and well.

[Winehole23]

However, one has to consider the American military presence in Europe is not exclusively a mean to defend their European allies but also a frontline in America's national defensive system.

The United States has repeatedly shown through flight-testing, exercises, and experiments that missile defense systems can accept, integrate, and fuse data from a wide spectrum of sensor data. It is clear that European capabilities can be leveraged to create a wider and more dense transatlantic web of sensors. Linking them to the US sensor network and missile defense command and control systems would enhance the tracking and discrimination of long-range missiles traversing Europe, from the Middle East to North America, and thereby increase the probability of an intercept. Exploiting this European capability, especially in the mid-Atlantic ocean region, has the potential to enhance the shoot-look-shoot capability of Alaska-based interceptors against incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. This same integration of sensors would also strengthen Europe’s defense against missile attack, including large size missile raids.

Linking these sensors is relatively inexpensive, but does require the political willingness of contributing NATO allies to be a recognized part of NATO’s missile defense network. Yet is that not what NATO is all about: the sharing of risks and burdens to enhance common defense?The United States has repeatedly shown through flight-testing, exercises, and experiments that missile defense systems can accept, integrate, and fuse data from a wide spectrum of sensor data. It is clear that European capabilities can be leveraged to create a wider and more dense transatlantic web of sensors. Linking them to the US sensor network and missile defense command and control systems would enhance the tracking and discrimination of long-range missiles traversing Europe, from the Middle East to North America, and thereby increase the probability of an intercept. Exploiting this European capability, especially in the mid-Atlantic ocean region, has the potential to enhance the shoot-look-shoot capability of Alaska-based interceptors against incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. This same integration of sensors would also strengthen Europe’s defense against missile attack, including large size missile raids.

Linking these sensors is relatively inexpensive, but does require the political willingness of contributing NATO allies to be a recognized part of NATO’s missile defense network. Yet is that not what NATO is all about: the sharing of risks and burdens to enhance common defense?

http://www.realcleardefense.com/arti...se_106937.html

[Winehole23]

missile shield in Romania causes Russia to rattle its saber:

A ballistic missile defense shield which the United States has activated in Europe is a step to a new arms race, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, vowing to adjust budget spending to neutralize "emerging threats" to Russia.The United States switched on the $800 million missile shield at a Soviet-era base in Romania on Thursday saying it was a defense against missiles from Iran and so-called rogue states.


But, speaking to top defense and military industry officials, Putin said the system was aimed at blunting Russia's nuclear arsenal.


"This is not a defense system. This is part of U.S. nuclear strategic potential brought onto a periphery. In this case, Eastern Europe is such periphery," Putin said.


"Until now, those taking such decisions have lived in calm, fairly well-off and in safety. Now, as these elements of ballistic missile defense are deployed, we are forced to think how to neutralize emerging threats to the Russian Federation," he said

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/...ssia.html?_r=0