Why The Pentagon's Missile Defense Plan Leaves The U.S. Unprotected From Russian Nuclear Attack

[rangerrebew]

Jan 17, 2019, 09:13am
Why The Pentagon's Missile Defense Plan Leaves The U.S. Unprotected From Russian Nuclear Attack
Loren Thompson
 

This is the day that President Trump unveils the Pentagon’s long-delayed plan for defending the United States against attack by missiles carrying nuclear warheads. If you think defense of the American homeland is a top military priority, consider this: the Pentagon currently spends ten times more propping up the tottering government of Afghanistan than it does protecting our nation from the one danger that could destroy the republic before sundown.

The new plan won’t change that anytime soon. Like the administration’s nuclear posture review released last year, it largely continues programs inherited from the Obama years, and doesn’t propose to counter the biggest nuclear threats the U.S. faces–at least, not with active defenses. That job is left to our offensive nuclear deterrent, which is supposed to dissuade countries like Russia and China from launching large-scale aggression by threatening overwhelming retaliation.


Why The Pentagon's Missile Defense Plan Leaves The U.S. Unprotected From Russian Nuclear Attack

[rangerrebew]

The democrats will be happy to see this.  It will give them another "reason" why the expense of the southern wall is prohibitive and they can claim money for missile defense is a higher priority - though I seriously doubt they will do anything to fix either.