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| U.S. Move on Missile Defense Could Revive Talks with Russia |
| 2013-03-17 |
| [An Nahar] The United States is ready to abandon the final phase of its European missile defense system, a U.S. official said Saturday, in a move that could revive arms control talks with Russia. As part of plans announced Friday to deploy more anti-missile batteries in Alaska to thwart potential strikes from North Korea, the United States intends to "restructure" its missile defense program in Europe, an administration official said. President Barack Obama's plan for Europe had envisaged SM-3 interceptors on land and sea that would be upgraded and improved over four stages. The final phase of the missile-killing interceptor, known as SM-3 IIB, was due to be deployed within about 10 years in Poland and possibly Romania, with a more powerful booster rocket and other advanced hardware. But the final phase "is being restructured due to congressional funding cuts and changing technology," the administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Agence France Presse. "The goal is to research what alternative there could be to the original SM-3 IIB plan," the official said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 As per the DPRK, TOPIX > NORTH KOREA SAYS NUCLEAR PROGRAM NOT A BARGAINING CHIP FOR AID, SLAMS [hostile] US POLICY. NOKOR = JONG-UN? = We're all Iranians now??? versus * KYODO NEWS > NORTH KOREA SAYS JAPAN NO EXCEPTION TO NUKE FIRST-STRIKE POLICY, iff the wily dastardly US-n-only-the-US ever starts a Nuclear War. NOKOR also reserves its right to strike at any each + all REGIONAL MILBASES whose Govts. is deemed by NOKOR as being allied to the US. Guam-CNMI? Diego Garcia? Philippines? * WORLD MILITARY FORUM > JAPANESE SCHOLARS: NORTH KOREA'S MOSTLY OBSOLETE AIRFORCE + SURFACE NAVY UNLIKELY TO PREVAIL AGZ JAPAN'S SDF + INTERVENING US MILITARY FORCES [ROK?]UNLESS NORTH KOREA ATTACKS JAPAN FIRST IN PREEMPTIVE STRIKE. "HIT-AND-RUN" ATTACKS AGZ JSDF AND US BY NORTH KOREAN LR AIR AND NAVAL POWER INCLUDING SUBMARINES. IIUC, not unlike "MIG ALLEY" during the first Korean War, the NOKORS will likely strike in high-speed predatory sorties before just as quickly runing back home, BUT WIDOUT ANY DECISIVE OR OVERWHELMING EFFECT ON LOCAL OR THEATER US-ALLIED OR UNCOM SUPERIORITY??? Read, UNLESS CHINA + PLA INTERVENES ON NORTH KOREA'S SIDE. * SAME > RUSSIA KEY TO ANY US NAVAL BLOCKADE OR CONTAINMENT OF CHINA IN NORTH ASIA. FYI NEWS = JAPAN REPOR HAS ONCE AGAIN SCRAMBLED JASDF FIGHTERS TO INTERCEPT INTRUDING RUSSIAN BOMBERS. Once again, IMO despite the on-going Senkakus/Diaoyus Crisis China still desires AMAP ASAP to have Japan move over to its camp = nuclear unbrella instead of the US. Also, that China desires to keep Russia neutral = out of any mil conflict invol the US-Japan. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-18 00:10 |
| #1 Given the immediate threat just said the 'cease fire' accord is over, going on the offense and destroy the threat now would save a lot of money. And it fits Obama's desire to reduce our own nuclear arsenal. Better to use it than lose it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-17 00:59 |