Missile defence in Europe: Pie in the sky

Economist | Sep. 18, 2009 (News Analysis)

Maybe some jam tomorrow, but none today. That is the American message to its most stalwart allies in the ex-communist world as Barack Obama’s administration shelves plans to deploy ten interceptor rockets in Poland and a radar station in the Czech Republic. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 18, 2009

More nuances and implications are discussed than in the early-breaking stories. Ignores that no smart adversary would fire a traceable ballistic missile of any range when the more covert means of cruise missiles and satchel bombs are cheaper and include plausible deniability.

To the extent the move is a move away from the gross stupidity of ICBM missile defense, it is good. To the extent it is a part of a buildup to a war with Iran, it is damn foolishness.

“A scheme that doesn’t work, against a threat that doesn’t exist, in countries that don’t want it” was how Zbigniew Brzezinski, the hawkish former national security adviser to the Carter administration, has described it.

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