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Israel's iron dome is only to be blamed for this arms race
Um... ? The missile defense role has been around far longer then the Iron Done system. Russia's A-35 is from 1972! I fail to the any sort of logic in your statement. Israel's Iron Dome is responsible for an arms race that predates it?
Heck, even the 1950s era Nike Hercules was an ABM.
MIM-14 Nike Hercules - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The source of this arms race is the existence of long-range, nuclear capable missiles and the need to defeat them.
AP article is saying from 300 KMs . Iron Dome is about 70 KMs if i am not wrong . What is the range of Arrow 2 and 3 ? As United states have funded Arrow programme , does it linked anywhere to INF treaty ?
US weighs steps against Russia for violation
the U.S. and Russia cannot possess, produce or test-fly a ground-launched cruise missile with a range of 300 to 3,400 miles.
Range of the new radars "Voronezh DM" - 6000 km.Does anyone know what is the range of these anti Missile radars.
Russia Starts Construction of Two New Anti-Missile Radars: Defense Official / Sputnik International
(updated 10:16 01.12.2014)
In October, Russia announced that an early warning radar station in western Kaliningrad Region would be put on full combat duty in December 2014.
MOSCOW, December 1 (Sputnik) — The construction of two anti-missile radars has begun in the European part of Russia, in the Orenburg Region and the Komi Republic, the commander of the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces said Monday.
"The construction of new-generation radar stations… began in the Orenburg region and in the Komi Republic," Lt. Gen. Aleksander Golovko told journalists.
In October, Russia announced that an early warning radar station in western Kaliningrad Region would be put on full combat duty in December 2014. The move came after the United States announced in May the opening of a Patriot missile base in northern Poland, some 50 miles from the Kaliningrad Region.
Earlier in the same month, the Russian Defense Ministry said it planned to complete the construction of several new anti-missile radars able to cover the entire territory of Russia within five years.
Are Europeans even putting separate missile shields or all are working on a single NATO shield ?
Israel's iron dome is only to be blamed for this arms race
I think ABM is useless and kind of ruins the point of missile deterrence. Your enemy simply makes better missiles so if the war does happen, it will be a lot worse than it otherwise would have been.
Iron dome is a very weapon specific system that will be useless for any other country. Its meant to counter unguided rockets, its useless against ballistic missiles.
I think ABM is useless and kind of ruins the point of missile deterrence. Your enemy simply makes better missiles so if the war does happen, it will be a lot worse than it otherwise would have been.
Incorrect.
Even if it has an accuracy of 40-50 percent its a job well done.
If this was not true,,people would not invest billions in this,,they are.
Not its not useless. That be like saying no different than lets say advanced cruise missiles that became more dangerous to avoid new SAM systems by going around radar coverage or being fooled by advanced smart decoys that flies with cruise missiles or being more stealthy and less dependent on GPS. Or body armor is useless against next gen armor piercing rounds that can pen easily like butter. Countries will make better missiles, well then it can't be any worse than it is with no ABM then right?
History is full of nations investing billions in systems that are no good.
Misleading article , Russia already has S300 series and over ... they lead the world the THAD system was attempt to copy Russian technology and mind set
History is full of nations investing billions in systems that are no good.
Your statement is correct but do you think its wise to apply the same rules to weapons as destructive as nuclear weapons? The nuclear equilibrium that was established during Cold War was disturbed by Bush administration investing billions in ABM defense. The MAD doctrine must not have been disturbed. When one rival feels that they will lose in Nuclear war, they will try to make better weapons. And that is what we are seeing. START was making good progress but now is heading towards collapse because of US investment in ABM.