Star Wars
"The Russians really have
security problems. They were practically destroyed a couple of times in the last
century by Germany alone. In 1990, Mikhail Gorbachev made the quite remarkable
concession of allowing the unification of Germany within the NATO military
alliance. So a country that had practically destroyed Russia twice in that
century was allowed to be part of a huge hostile military alliance, always aimed
at Russia, of course. It was an incredible gesture by Gorbachev, but there was a
quid pro quo. The George Bush I administration had to pledge that NATO would not
expand eastward. That was the bargain. Clinton came in and broke the bargain. He
expanded NATO to the east. Now the United States is planning to put an anti
missile system in eastern Europe, claiming it’s going to stop missiles from
Iran. Just think it through. Suppose Iran had nuclear weapons and missiles that
could reach Europe. Under what conditions would they ever use them? In a first
strike against Europe? Unless they’re determined to commit suicide, Iran would
never do that. Any possibility however remote, of an Iranian missile aimed
at Europe is a deterrent against U.S. attack.
The Russians have every reason to regard an anti missile system as part of a first-strike weapon against them.
Suppose the Russians were putting up an antl missile system in Canada. Do you
think the United State would cheer? We would go to war, because we understand it
to be a first-strike weapon. And so do they, and So do analysts on all sides.
Nevertheless we’re going ahead with it, increasing the threat of destruction.
China for years has been in the
lead at the United Nations in trying to establish treaties that would preserve
space for peaceful uses. The United States has blocked such efforts
unilaterally—it goes back to Clinton, incidentally, but intensified
substantially with Bush— increasing the likelihood of an arms race in space,
which very significantly increases the risk of even accidental destruction. And
it could mean terminal destruction. But the U.S. government proceeds, knowing
the risks and just not caring about them." Noam Chomsky: What We Say Goes
Missile Defense
News
Russia to move rockets to EU border if Poland hosts US missile shield 07
Aug 2008
Star Wars in
the Czech Republic
Large majorities oppose weapons in space. (January 23, 2008)
Putin: US Plan Evokes '62 Cuban Missile Crisis 26 Oct 2007 President
Vladimir Putin on Friday evoked one of the most dangerous confrontations of the
Cold War to highlight Russian opposition to a proposed U.S. missile defense
system in Europe, comparing it to the
Cuban missile crisis of 45 years ago.
Militarization of
Space11/15/2007
Russia warns US on defense plans (10/27/2007)
Needlenose
Unseemly ABM situation
The Paradox of
Missile Defense
BMD
(Ballistic Missile Defense) is a boondoggle. Its failure can best be seen when the US votes
alone at the UN on weaponizing space. It will continue to fail in
performance also. David
Parnas wrote extensively for the ACM about the software impossibility of
such a project, but there are other, probably greater, difficulties. Ted Postal
of MIT detailed a few. Hear this
streaming audio.
Here is an overview.
Star Wars:
Dangerous, Costly, and Unworkable.
Federation of American
Scientists on BMD
ABM SYSTEM IN
EASTERN EUROPE HAS LITTLE TO DO WITH SECURITY AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH SPIN
War from Space
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