Doc Howl

General News - U.S., Czechs missile deal upsets Moscow

PRAGUE — The United States signed a pact on Tuesday to build part of a U.S. missile defense shield in the Czech Republic, prompting neighboring Russia to warn it will react with military means if the shield is deployed.

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Vigoth '08: Because the worm has turned.

Iriemon

Russia could obliterate the US.

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Matthew 5:9

Doc Howl

Yeah, and they'd go with us. So would everyone else. Your point?

I just want to hear Volker explain why Russia can dictate terms to a sovereign nation.

DarkWizard12

Hmmm...I think I would like it better if we obliterated them first....

Doc Howl

Meh. We've been that route. Turns out they have satellites and ICBMs, too.

And this missile shield isn't going to stop a fraction of their missiles.

chevydriver1123

Dont they have second strike capability?

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Doc Howl

So long as they have decent satellite coverage, who needs it? They see the launches, they launch.

Nothing has changed since the days of MAD.

Iriemon

My point, though a little off topic, is despite all the hundreds of billions spent because of a few thousand god overdosed radicals, Russia remains by far the most dangerous nation in terms of the capability to destroy the United States.

rathi

I really love our missile shield. It has all the downsides of pissing Russia off, and won't actually do much to stop missiles. There is absolutely no reason to deploy the shield when it doesn't even perform its intended function with any ability. If we are going to antagonize Russia, we should at least gain something tangible out of it. Burning diplomatic well-being for nothing is stupid.

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Doc Howl

On the plus side, it gives loads of fat contracts to the right people, which was the intent all along.