Russia is threatening to attack our missle shield

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Would we not expect them to target such sites? If our DOD can't see through clearly enough to target the highest payoff targets, I want them all replaced.

Acting upon that targeting is a different matter.
 
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Obama, Palin or whoever gets in office will only be a mouthpiece to Russia on this type of affair. Anyone can talk tough. (or like a pansy)

And before you start worrying, yes the US expects Russia to target the defense shield, thats the fundamentals of warfare. let them waste their time and energy taking out our front line, unmanned defenses.
 
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This is the expected response....nothing has changed from the months ago when it was becoming obvious that we were going to proceed with this (once the opposition in the radar/missile-host countries died down).
 
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Forcing Russia to be overtly offensive is a very good thing for us. They can no longer play the innocent bystander in world affairs and are being forced to show their true colors.

I can't imagine that anyone in the Pentagon is overly concerned with their response.
 
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oklavol said:
BS I'll believe it when I see it.
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What would you believe when you see it? Our early warning radar and our current interceptors are already targeted by the Russians. It is only obvious that they would target their missiles on our forward based radars and interceptors as well. There is little need because there is very, very little chance that out interceptors will actually work against a sophisticated target like Russian warheads...but they'll still do it.

The reason the response may seem a little exaggerated is that the European MD system is not *supposed* to be able to intercept their missiles....but it can technically catch up with their warheads, and they know that.
 
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Awwww..... TennTradition, why do have to be that way? Russian Nukes can't even get out of their rusted, water filled silos.
 
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MontereyVol said:
Not before we develop even more sophisticated defense shields.
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I don't know about that. It isn't like they're behind technologically on decoys within their warhead package...or on missiles to fling their warheads. They have let these things go into disrepair..and if they're serious about fixing them, it won't take all that long. The time scales are completely different, too...because one requires technological innovation (MD advances) while the other just requires investment in existing technology (replacing missiles and decoy packages). Our current MD designs are not sufficient to beat existing Russian decoy packages, IMO (seeing as how we have yet to prove we can defeat pretty simple packages when more than just a few decoys and types of decoys are used).
 
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TennTradition said:
What would you believe when you see it? Our early warning radar and our current interceptors are already targeted by the Russians. It is only obvious that they would target their missiles on our forward based radars and interceptors as well. There is little need because there is very, very little chance that out interceptors will actually work against a sophisticated target like Russian warheads...but they'll still do it.

The reason the response may seem a little exaggerated is that the European MD system is not *supposed* to be able to intercept their missiles....but it can technically catch up with their warheads, and they know that.
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Russia is not going to attack us. Targeting is one thing, attacking is another.
 
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TennTradition said:
I don't know about that. It isn't like they're behind technologically on decoys within their warhead package...or on missiles to fling their warheads. They have let these things go into disrepair..and if they're serious about fixing them, it won't take all that long. The time scales are completely different, too...because one requires technological innovation (MD advances) while the other just requires investment in existing technology (replacing missiles and decoy packages). Our current MD designs are not sufficient to beat existing Russian decoy packages, IMO (seeing as how we have yet to prove we can defeat pretty simple packages when more than just a few decoys and types of decoys are used).
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The uncovered truth after the cold war shows they were not even maintaining the silos during the height of the cold war, let alone after it. One of our biggest surprises when we went over to buy their warheads was the fact the silos were flooded in several feet of water and the silos themselves were in such disrepair that no missile would ever launch out of them. So, while I agree that they have a edge on already developed technology they did not have the resources or the management to succeed nor judging from current states do they now.

Their best position on disabling our defense shield is to take it out with Spec-Ops or nap-of-the-earth missiles.
 
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MontereyVol said:
The uncovered truth after the cold war shows they were not even maintaining the silos during the height of the cold war, let alone after it. One of our biggest surprises when we went over to buy their warheads was the fact the silos were flooded in several feet of water and the silos themselves were in such disrepair that no missile would ever launch out of them. So, while I agree that they have a edge on already developed technology they did not have the resources or the management to succeed nor judging from current states do they now.

Their best position on disabling our defense shield is to take it out with Spec-Ops or nap-of-the-earth missiles.
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Yay capitalism :).

Always glad to hear your 2 cents....
 
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Well Russia's Pres. Medvedev wants to give the Messiah Obama his first test. He said Russia will deploy short range missiles near Poland to counter US military plans in Eastern Europe. The nice gent also said he would not give in to Western calls to pull troops from Georgia. In his words "We will not retreat in the Caucasus". This should be a fun 4 years.
 
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I'm not suprised at the Russian moves, the have gained strength in economy with their oil. They like to dictate policy from a position of dominance. So when a new president here is elected they'll rattle the chain a bit to see what happens...expected.
 
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With oil at its current price and their markets being hit worse than ours....I can't imagine their rattling that saber to loudly at the moment....though oil will go back up...and they know that.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
Would we not expect them to target such sites? If our DOD can't see through clearly enough to target the highest payoff targets, I want them all replaced.

Acting upon that targeting is a different matter.
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I think all nukes are "pointed" towards the ocean but I think they are threatening putting coordinates of the MS in some nukes.
 
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VolsNSkinsFan said:
I think all nukes are "pointed" towards the ocean but I think they are threatening putting coordinates of the MS in some nukes.
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which is what they should do. Who cares? If the system works as purported, but can't protect itself from missile strikes, I'm not sure what to think of the idiots deploying it.

It will take conventional strikes to hurt these dudes, but they'll be littered with Patriot or similar A2G support.
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BigPapaVol said:
which is what they should do. Who cares? If the system works as purported, but can't protect itself from missile strikes, I'm not sure what to think of the idiots deploying it.

It will take conventional strikes to hurt these dudes, but they'll be littered with Patriot or similar A2G support.
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True, but I think they said something that they had the tech to jam it. Anyway with the junk they invaded Georgia with I am not losing sleep, tonight at least
 
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