“There is always a known solution to all human problemsneat, plausible and wrong“According to Hl Mencumber. Today we can imagine his words to diagnose another’s resurrection neat, plausible and bone idea ideas: Planet ring decorating missiles, so that the US is somewhat secure.
President Donald Trump in January called the “next generation missile defense” for the US Application executive. After Israel named “Iron Dome” Short range missile defense system-No it has nothing to do-plan would include additional dollars of hundreds of dollars Old Underforming Rathole Site defense efforts Weapon space. In order, Trump referred to Ronald Reagan President of the 1983 President, known as the “Star Wars” Missile Defense Shield With weapons based on earth and space, saying that he was “canceled before his goal.
A similar fate waits for Trump’s plan, Reagan’s missile defense fantasy, a version known as the end version of the 1980s “Great stones”, never came out: It will cost too much, it will not work and everyone will jeopardize us.
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Right now he has the US 44 based interceptor missiles He was located on the west coast of the US and against attacks against the missiles of the unstable nation of North Korea. They have worked 12 times from the test 2, only after achieving success rate $ 250 billion dollars It passed since 1985. This shows expensive difficulties that are intrinsic and expensive, as well as intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMS). It’s hard to play them.
What is Trump’s iron dome? The fear of nuclear guy Hypersonic missiles Developed by Russia and China, which reach speed Mach 5, about a mile per second. Unlike bulgar missiles, they returned to the ground before returning to the ground, making hypersonic maneuvers and across the flattering route, it would be a challenge for US terrestrial interceptors. “Most ground-based radars cannot detect hypersonic weapons until late until the closet flight because of the limitations of radar detection” Congress Research Service indicated in a final report.
“In search of strength through peace” The executive order Argue, “the United States will ensure the second strike skill.” This is the ability to launch nuclear missiles as a repayment after a mercisonic nuclear attack. “Expansion of numerous interceptors based on space.”
The idea is that space-based interceptors will get the jump to block current missiles. (Natch, there are also Lasers of space planned. Although, we have to hear from the doctor, we still have to hear equally difficult “Sharks Frickin ‘laser beams Head-related “will also make a debut.)
All this is a key problem, of course, the US is guaranteed second strike capacity, with some 900 nuclear missile Walking around underwater right now. China is more than its stockpile. The full reasoning for Trump’s iron dome is a solution for a problem, which is Government spending wasted. Chinese leaders and Russian leaders know missiles, hypersonic or not, in the US a Catastrophic nuclear war That would kill five billion peopleIt is very likely you, me and them– The last group of the US Army infrastrator.
Aside from this basic mistake, Trump’s iron dome has many other problems. For one thing, there may be a lot of claims about the special threat of hypersonic weapons Department of Defense DepartmentThe initial launch and detection would not be much different than today’s intercontinental ballistics missiles, like scientists reported four years ago American scientific.
It is then cost: Israeli is a dome in the defense system of Israel, covering 3.7 million square kilometers from Continental USA (48 states and Alaska plus alask), $ 100 million per battery Cost about $ 2.5 billionEstimated analyst from Joseph Cirincione Nuclear Policy. This system offers defense against missile missiles, not dealing with maneuveric, hypersonic. Another estimate published by the defense and peace economy in 2024 found a system like this Cost 530 billion from $ 5.3 billion. This estimate noticed the basic economic challenge in the face of missile defenses: more cost, 70 and 70 times more from anywhere than ICBMs intend to defend. Are machines for bankruptcy.
Now, consider the difficulty: aside from the current interceptor to the US bad test record, Detection of hypersonic missiles From space It could be easier Rather than throwing ICBMs. Traveling at high speeds During the atmosphere, hypersonic missiles should create a huge heat, giving A strong infrared signal to continue from space. The problem is so that he would release cheap decoos, “Introduce insurmountable problems for reliable defense system” a New York Times Given the study of the Trump proposal.
In the end, somehow given that idea in whole Makes us less safe. Since the end of the cold war, the US has claimed missile defenses They didn’t mean To block the incoming attack from China or Russia, release the North Koreans. This was Wortsall arm a new race If you grew up with China or Russia, the protected US would launch a first nuclear strike. Mosku has already threatened his nuclear stock through the limits agreed After Trump’s proposalAnd China was already building its stockpile First strike fears. Hundreds of miles of Moscow and Beijing orbit the missiles and lasers to calm the nerves. False alarms They have always been afraid to start potential in World War II.
Although the defenses of the missile worked, the attacker, so the US can threaten as easy as a truck bomb, as indicated by the Congress Budget Office 2021 in a reportor a nuclear drone. However, CBO rose by 40% of the US missile defense expenditure, increase $ 176 million in a decade of $ 176 millionEven before the proposal of the iron dome. Two senators have already made a bill to drive 19.5 billion dollars in taxpayer under their stats.
The most embarrassing thing is also a trumpet He knows that. “You can destroy the world 50 times, and we are building new nuclear weapons and we are building nuclear weapons, calling journalists in February, calling to ducleatization and reduce Pentagon expense. “We’re all spending a lot of money, that we could spend it really more hopeful.”
That’s right. If Trump wants to save taxable dollars instead of firing Nuclear weapons Security expertsshould put a lid in the iron dome.
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