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Yea it is unlikely Iron Dome would prevent a ICMB. It could get luckily but it designed for less advanced rockets.. Though I think the tech is promising and c

by syshum 5y ago

Yea it is unlikely Iron Dome would prevent a ICMB. It could get luckily but it designed for less advanced rockets.. Though I think the tech is promising and could be used for US if international treaties did not prevent us from that.

doodlebugging 5y ago
Republicans are currently pushing for restoration of funds to purchase of Iron Dome for missile defense in the US. Evidently the Democrats who drew up part of the budget requests left that out. My representative sent a note to all on their list about what a bad idea it was to defund purchase of Iron Dome for the US. I realize we helped them develop parts of the system. I also understand that it may not be ideal for the types of risks we would face from missiles. Anyway. This article looks like partisan fluff pushing for more defense spending. I totally believe we need to modernize and upgrade things regularly so that we are prepared for future threats but, like others have pointed out, the idea that one of those nations will launch a few ICBMs at the US seems farfetched. Maybe in 10 years when their capabilities clearly surpass our own and our defenses are down because all the youngsters decided to smoke legal dope instead of serving their country building cool stuff.
- syshum 5y ago
  The problem with this idea is that launching of ICBM's is not a rational move. People are attempting to use logic to make the claim that it would be illogical for any of these nations to launch them. This is true but I counter that Humans are not always logical and are more often than not use emotion over logic. While I think the current risk is low, even looking at it from an emotional stance, I do not think it is as "far fetched" as many believe it to be
  - doodlebugging 5y ago
    I agree that we are not always rational and that emotions do sometimes over-rule rationality. Maybe more often than anyone would admit. That's why we have to be prepared. One day the US or one of our potential adversaries will be led by someone whose responses are driven by emotion or ego. As a result, their responses are more likely to be escalations of situations that could've been better handled with a simple, rational, proportional response. Maybe we already had that day.

by syshum 5y ago

doodlebugging 5y ago

Republicans are currently pushing for restoration of funds to purchase of Iron Dome for missile defense in the US. Evidently the Democrats who drew up part of the budget requests left that out. My representative sent a note to all on their list about what a bad idea it was to defund purchase of Iron Dome for the US. I realize we helped them develop parts of the system. I also understand that it may not be ideal for the types of risks we would face from missiles. Anyway. This article looks like partisan fluff pushing for more defense spending. I totally believe we need to modernize and upgrade things regularly so that we are prepared for future threats but, like others have pointed out, the idea that one of those nations will launch a few ICBMs at the US seems farfetched. Maybe in 10 years when their capabilities clearly surpass our own and our defenses are down because all the youngsters decided to smoke legal dope instead of serving their country building cool stuff.

syshum 5y ago
The problem with this idea is that launching of ICBM's is not a rational move. People are attempting to use logic to make the claim that it would be illogical for any of these nations to launch them. This is true but I counter that Humans are not always logical and are more often than not use emotion over logic. While I think the current risk is low, even looking at it from an emotional stance, I do not think it is as "far fetched" as many believe it to be
- doodlebugging 5y ago
  I agree that we are not always rational and that emotions do sometimes over-rule rationality. Maybe more often than anyone would admit. That's why we have to be prepared. One day the US or one of our potential adversaries will be led by someone whose responses are driven by emotion or ego. As a result, their responses are more likely to be escalations of situations that could've been better handled with a simple, rational, proportional response. Maybe we already had that day.