Obama’s Missile Defense Madness!
He's diverted funding from a weapon three years away...to one we may never see! And as a consequence, the US will be very vulnerable...read below as to why.
Article: (C) Peter Roff.
(First par: Very important, if a tad dry): There are currently three different types of interceptor missiles that are deployed or under development by the U.S. Department of Defense: the SM-3 Block I-A, I-B, and II-A. Block I-A is already in limited use by the U.S. and Japanese navies. Block I-B, the next step in the evolution of the SM-3 missile — *the very missile which many defense experts believe will provide the first line of defense against any potential long-range Iranian attack on the continental United States — was slated to go into production in 2013!
The Obama administration, on the other hand, wants to take resources away from these*missiles and devote them to something that today is only a concept! According to best estimates the "concept" would, if completed at all, would not be ready for deployment until 2020!
But WHY? It is something of a mystery as to why the Obama budget, over the objections of Congress, has shifted half the funding for the Block I-B design — which could protect the U.S. against Iran by 2015 — to the Block II-B, which is still just an idea that would not be ready, at best, for another eight years!
The threat, as DOD has amply demonstrated, is very real. Congress has recognized this and in previous years has tried to put the anti-ballistic missile development funding where it will do the most good.
The Obama administration, in its budget document, has headed in the other direction, leaving the nation undefended against a threat we can see coming: Iranian missiles in Venezuela would be just as bad as Soviet missiles in Cuba!
He's diverted funding from a weapon three years away...to one we may never see! And as a consequence, the US will be very vulnerable...read below as to why.
Article: (C) Peter Roff.
(First par: Very important, if a tad dry): There are currently three different types of interceptor missiles that are deployed or under development by the U.S. Department of Defense: the SM-3 Block I-A, I-B, and II-A. Block I-A is already in limited use by the U.S. and Japanese navies. Block I-B, the next step in the evolution of the SM-3 missile — *the very missile which many defense experts believe will provide the first line of defense against any potential long-range Iranian attack on the continental United States — was slated to go into production in 2013!
The Obama administration, on the other hand, wants to take resources away from these*missiles and devote them to something that today is only a concept! According to best estimates the "concept" would, if completed at all, would not be ready for deployment until 2020!
But WHY? It is something of a mystery as to why the Obama budget, over the objections of Congress, has shifted half the funding for the Block I-B design — which could protect the U.S. against Iran by 2015 — to the Block II-B, which is still just an idea that would not be ready, at best, for another eight years!
The threat, as DOD has amply demonstrated, is very real. Congress has recognized this and in previous years has tried to put the anti-ballistic missile development funding where it will do the most good.
The Obama administration, in its budget document, has headed in the other direction, leaving the nation undefended against a threat we can see coming: Iranian missiles in Venezuela would be just as bad as Soviet missiles in Cuba!
