[helene_t]

luke warm, on Mar 10 2009, 08:44 PM, said:

personally it makes perfect sense to me that the missile defense shield was never meant for russia but for iran...

To protect us (Western and Central Europe) against the Middle East, we would have to put up a missile shield in Greece and Bulgaria/Turkey (Cyprus would need their own shield then). A shield in Poland/Czech Republic must be intended to defend us against Russia or Belarus.

[mike777]

helene_t, on Mar 11 2009, 05:17 AM, said:

luke warm, on Mar 10 2009, 08:44 PM, said:

personally it makes perfect sense to me that the missile defense shield was never meant for russia but for iran...

To protect us (Western and Central Europe) against the Middle East, we would have to put up a missile shield in Greece and Bulgaria/Turkey (Cyprus would need their own shield then). A shield in Poland/Czech Republic must be intended to defend us against Russia or Belarus.

ok and your point is?

too be honest this all seems to be a matter of seconds but ok.......your point is?

If the USA should stop spending billions in \\Europe and more in Sacramento...ok.....we should just let Europe do what they think best.............


btw note in 1990's that meant barb wire and concentration camps in the worst sense of the word but ok......rape of boys...girls...etc ok......

in 2000-2009 pls define eastern euro and western asia........

IN any case....europe protects you...usa goes home.....

[hotShot]

helene_t, on Mar 11 2009, 11:17 AM, said:

luke warm, on Mar 10 2009, 08:44 PM, said:

personally it makes perfect sense to me that the missile defense shield was never meant for russia but for iran...

To protect us (Western and Central Europe) against the Middle East, we would have to put up a missile shield in Greece and Bulgaria/Turkey (Cyprus would need their own shield then). A shield in Poland/Czech Republic must be intended to defend us against Russia or Belarus.

I just took a map and checked the line from Tehran to Copenhagen, Berlin and Stockholm and therefore I disagree with your geographic reasoning.

I also disagree with your implied physics.
The flight path of ballistic missiles depends on their speed, so it is impossible to catch up with them. The missile you start to destruct another missile should fly towards the attacking missile, the best moment to hit the target is when the rocket fuel of the attacking missile is used up and the flight path is entirely based on ballistics. The launching point is therefore close to the target and not close to the start.

[Gerben42]

The missile shield is a waste of time anyway, but because Bush made such pressure, I think it was very useful that Obama could get something from Russia for stopping the project that didn't make sense in the first place.

Like there's only one way missiles can fly. The world is round, you see...

[Al_U_Card]

In the imperialist chess match, the board is the planet and all of the pieces can be moved whenever and wherever and however the chessmasters deem reasonable. The fact that some pieces are invisible and others are time-delayed only makes it more interesting.

Can't play the game if you don't know the rules...

[luke warm]

helene_t, on Mar 11 2009, 05:17 AM, said:

luke warm, on Mar 10 2009, 08:44 PM, said:

personally it makes perfect sense to me that the missile defense shield was never meant for russia but for iran...

To protect us (Western and Central Europe) against the Middle East, we would have to put up a missile shield in Greece and Bulgaria/Turkey (Cyprus would need their own shield then). A shield in Poland/Czech Republic must be intended to defend us against Russia or Belarus.

i know there are some who share that view, but we all know we have nothing to fear from russia... sure, some russian generals might not want us protecting you (and ourselves) from technologically advanced iran, even willing to fight us to keep you (and us) more vulnerable, but they *must* be a minority... obama's simply saying "why have a shield to protect our allies from iran when our friends the russians can simply tell iran to cease and desist"... since the shield was never meant as a deterrant to russia, that makes perfect sense