Position one is Asia. Position 8 is North America. Where is anyone going to put the Missile Defense Shield launch vehicle to counter any missile launched from Asia to stop it before it deploys MULTIPLE warheads?
Oh, I know, we can put it on a mobile platform in the Pacific Ocean close enough to play 'close proximity tag' with the Asian missile, right?
"W"rong. Why? Because Asian submarines will blow the 'chase' missile out of the water before it has a chance to even 'home in on' the Asian missile.
I know, we can park it in Taiwan, right?
"W"rong. To begin this Taiwan thing is like a burr up China's most sensitive area already and there is no way there will be successful deployment of any missile shield. I can't believe there is even going to be a Patriot System in Taiwan that will be tolerated. I would count on a conflict between China and Taiwan over this very issue and it will behoove the USA to MIND ITS OWN BUSINESS in regard this this idiot of a mistake by Taiwan.
Wait a minute, how about Japan? Or India?
Nerpa nuclear attack submarine enters service with Russia's Navy (click here)
...The submarine will be subsequently leased to the Indian Navy (click here) under the name INS Chakra. India reportedly paid $650 million for a 10-year lease of the 12,000-ton K-152 Nerpa, an Akula II class nuclear-powered attack submarine.
Akula II class vessels are considered the quietest and deadliest of all Russian nuclear-powered attack submarines.
India gives names to 3 frigates built by Russia (click here)
KALININGRAD, October 7 (RIA Novosti) - Three frigates being built at the Yantar shipyard in Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad for the Indian navy have been named by the Indian president, a shipyard spokesman said on Wednesday.
Russia is building three Project 11356 modified Krivak III class (also known as Talwar class) guided missile frigates for the Indian Navy under a $1.6 billion contract signed in July, 2006.
"Three frigates for the Indian navy, which are being built at our shipyard, have been given names - the Teg [Saber], the Tarkash [Quiver], and the Trikand [Bow]. Indian President Pratibha Patil has personally named the ships," Sergei Mikhailov said....
So much for India. Japan first agreed to the strategy in 2003 until it became eminently clear the mechanisms didn't work, it would be spending monies foolishly and opening up their nation to dangers from their neighbors in Asia when they needed cooperation over North Korea more.
Japan to halt new missile defence spending (click here)
By Agence France-Presse on December 16, 2009 at 6:14 amTokyo: Japan's centre-left government will likely freeze new spending on its joint missile defence system with the United States after the cabinet decided on budget cuts Tuesday, media reports said.
The cabinet's decision would probably delay the deployment of new Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors (PAC-3) until after April 2011, said Kyodo News and other major media, citing unnamed sources.
Defence Minister Toshimi Kitazawa declined to elaborate on the media reports and the cabinet's budget decision but later told reporters: "I cannot say we were able to secure sufficient resources."
"But I believe our basic stance for the defence of our nation was well understood," Kitazawa added. "Details about individual facilities will be decided after those negotiations."
The Sankei Shimbun said the ministry had requested 94.4 billion yen (1.06 billion dollars) for the fiscal year from April 2010 to deploy PAC-3 units at three more Japanese military bases over the next five years.
The government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, which ended decades of conservative rule in August elections, has tried aggressively to cut spending in efforts to improve debt-ridden government finances....
The issue as to why India and other nations, including the USA are turning to Russia for military hardware is because Russia has it for sale. Just that simple.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the international cooperation for non-involvement of the global community after Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld abandoned Afghanistan to wage an illegal oil war in Iraq and 'the containment' of the USA has resulted in low 'stocks' of USA military hardware. Therefore, USA contractors have been kept busy supplying the USA with equipment leaving no room for allies to purchase same.
The issue with a Multi-Warhead, Anti-armor Missile? I don't really think I need to explain this, but, what the heck.
There is no way the USA or Europe can 'park' chase missiles to innumerable targets of incoming missiles in their countries. These warheads can be 'sprayed' in a wide array, or they can be leveled redundantly at one or two or three selective locations.
In order to protect the USA or Europe or Japan from such an attack would require a huge arsenal of 'tested and true' chase missiles to intercept ANY and EVERY incoming warhead. All China or Russia has to do is rain redundantly nuclear Multi-Warhead, Anti-Armor Missiles at their target and the Missile Defense Shield would be EASILY overwhelmed.
MDS is a huge waste of money and would dearly hope the global community would get over the idea of being safe from nuclear holocaust EXCEPT to disarm from it completely and insist on Non-Proliferation as the ONLY diplomatic directive of every country currently engaged in this STUPID strategy and growing number of nuclear states.
End of discussion.
Why then are countries like Taiwan desirous of this mess? Because they think it is intimidating. I got news, if Taiwan is actually believing they will become impervious to the wrath of China with such systems deployed in that tiny island 'state' of China, it will wake up to a grossly different reality REGARDLESS of its' worth to the Chinese economy.
