Do we really need Missile Defense?
The Pentagon said they had a successful test of its missile shield program as an interceptor missile hit a long-range ballistic missile, but the missile had failed to deploy counter measures. Proponents say this is no big deal, but critics point out that any nation that is working on creating such missiles would develop countermeasures on their missiles, therefore this test did not conclude anything.
I have always thought the missile shield was a waste of money and should only be deployed when the technology is available and cheaper. I do not think any nation is going to launch a missile towards the United States and expose themselves against our vast arsenal of nuclear missiles. More likely targets would be our troops and bases in the middle east or south east Asia. Most of our enemies these days are no name, country-less terrorists. We are more likely to face a threat from our ports and borders then from a missile from an enemy nation like Iran or North Korea. We should be using this money to insure we scan more cargo entering our ports to make sure dirty bombs or other weapons are not smuggled into our country.
Every country knows they can not win a conventional war against the United States, I highly doubt that our enemies will launch a conventional attack against us especially since a nation like Iran could use its proxy forces such as Hezbollah. They can attack military and soft targets or use other methods to hurt the United States monetarily and remain faceless, but still achieve their goals. Missile defense will be a part of our arsenal in the future, I just think we should wait until better technology is available instead of trying to make these false tests look successful.
The Pentagon said they had a successful test of its missile shield program as an interceptor missile hit a long-range ballistic missile, but the missile had failed to deploy counter measures. Proponents say this is no big deal, but critics point out that any nation that is working on creating such missiles would develop countermeasures on their missiles, therefore this test did not conclude anything.
I have always thought the missile shield was a waste of money and should only be deployed when the technology is available and cheaper. I do not think any nation is going to launch a missile towards the United States and expose themselves against our vast arsenal of nuclear missiles. More likely targets would be our troops and bases in the middle east or south east Asia. Most of our enemies these days are no name, country-less terrorists. We are more likely to face a threat from our ports and borders then from a missile from an enemy nation like Iran or North Korea. We should be using this money to insure we scan more cargo entering our ports to make sure dirty bombs or other weapons are not smuggled into our country.
Every country knows they can not win a conventional war against the United States, I highly doubt that our enemies will launch a conventional attack against us especially since a nation like Iran could use its proxy forces such as Hezbollah. They can attack military and soft targets or use other methods to hurt the United States monetarily and remain faceless, but still achieve their goals. Missile defense will be a part of our arsenal in the future, I just think we should wait until better technology is available instead of trying to make these false tests look successful.
I have always thought the missile shield was a waste of money and should only be deployed when the technology is available and cheaper. I do not think any nation is going to launch a missile towards the United States and expose themselves against our vast arsenal of nuclear missiles. More likely targets would be our troops and bases in the middle east or south east Asia. Most of our enemies these days are no name, country-less terrorists. We are more likely to face a threat from our ports and borders then from a missile from an enemy nation like Iran or North Korea. We should be using this money to insure we scan more cargo entering our ports to make sure dirty bombs or other weapons are not smuggled into our country.
Every country knows they can not win a conventional war against the United States, I highly doubt that our enemies will launch a conventional attack against us especially since a nation like Iran could use its proxy forces such as Hezbollah. They can attack military and soft targets or use other methods to hurt the United States monetarily and remain faceless, but still achieve their goals. Missile defense will be a part of our arsenal in the future, I just think we should wait until better technology is available instead of trying to make these false tests look successful.
posted by Amar Shah at 2:42 PM
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