Posts Tagged ‘missile defense’
Breaking Russia – How dare the United States defend itself!
That’s how I read this. Russia President Medvedev is disturbed at how well the United States missile defense network is working, so Medvedev is now threatening to point Russia’s offensive missiles at NATO’s defensive missile sites in Europe.
Read MoreSTART passes. But are we really safer?
Not really. Reducing nukes I imagine makes a nation safer, if the two who sign on are the only countries with nukes. Inspections make sense, except the Russians have exceptions to some inspections, namely their ground launchers. Swell. But most of all, this is a bad treaty because the Russians believe we must stop development…
Read MoreSTART Treaty … what’s at stake
There’s more at stake here with the passing of the new START treaty than our relationship with Russia and nuclear proliferation. As Fox New analyst Peter Brooks pointed out yesterday, it’s critical to our defense from attacks from emerging powers like Iran and North Korea. But last night I happened across a post over at…
Read MoreAirborne laser takes out missle in defense test
I’m pretty certain terrorists, Chinese and the Russians will determine this is a threat, but this is a purely self defense measure. Who can deny creating missile shields and having the ability to shoot down ICBMs is a bad thing?
Read MorePeace through strength no more – Obama to slash nuclear inventory
To ensure everyone likes the USA, President Obama’s approach is to set an example – for Russia, Iran, North Korea and other nuclear states – by cutting our own nuke arsenal and denying missile defense systems for Poland and the Czech Republic. There will be no peace without strength.
Read MoreMissile Defense – 33 Minutes Update: Video
Update (Jim): The 33 minutes video trailer has been added to this post. From the Heritage Foundation, here is the link to the site and the movie trailer for 33 Minutes: Protecting America in the New Missile Age.
Read MoreA fresh look at missile defense – Update
Update (Jim): Steve and I have combined our posts. Please go to our post 33 minutes above to view the video … plus additional video of what candidate Obama had to say about missile defense.
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