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Originally Posted by rathi  The Patriot system is hardly effective against long range missiles. |
Good thing, then, that the Patriot system isnt involved here.
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There is absolutely no benefit to deploying the system right now. Iran doesn't have missiles capable of reaching beyond 1300 miles, and if they did, the patriots have good chance of being ineffective.
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One always tries to stay ahead of the threat, rather than having to react to it. If one is smart, anyway...
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Furthermore, what reason would Iran have to attack Poland or its neighbors? Its pretty obvious that Israel would be the first target for any Iranian weapons, not random countries Iran has no problem with.
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In 1911, what reason did Japan have to attack the US?
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The system can't even touch Russian nuclear capability, but it still makes them very nervous.
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Yes. The NMD has no effect on the Russian nuclear deterrent.
Thus, the Russian complaints and threats to that effect have no actual basis.
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If Russia put missile defense systems in Cuba, we'd respond the same way.
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Hardly. A Russian NMD-style defense in Cuba woudl have no effect whatsoever on our nuclear deterrence.