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[razorjak]

So Chimpy McFuckstick doesn't think we're heading into a recession.

He thinks it's "patentedly" unfair if the telecom companies are actually held accountable for their illegal actions.

...

I can't even go on. My brain wants to implode from listening to that dipshit.

Comments

[montieth.livejournal.com]

As regards 9, shooting down a satellite is pretty fucking easy. It's path doesn't change and it keeps doing the same thing over and over. A missile doesn't.


A Ballistic missile warhead does not necessarily maneuver so it's not quite as difficult or easy as you portray both. Further, the interception was a hit to kill, not a proximity warhead function (closing speeds make reliable fuze function difficult). The hit required less than a meter's precision at over 17,000 miles per hour of the target and a closing speed of 24,000 mph.

Moreover, SM3 is an expansion of a proven system, Standard Missile which has had decades of development, testing and operational use. That program is a further growth of an even older set of systems which were also largely successful. SM-3 has had 12 operational tests and 11 successful intercepts in those test. We now have a 12th' successful intercept of an unusual target which it was not designed to hit and which involved modification of three production missiles/warhead combinations to adjust for the target parameters (hit the fuel tank and not the 'warhead').

[canticle.livejournal.com]

Your nation is so in debt to the nations it fears that China has no need to launch missles to destroy the United States.

They just need to sell off their US denominated currency reserves, resulting in instant global economic chaos, with the US as the center. They'd be more prepared to weather it than the US, that's for certain.

[montieth.livejournal.com]

I'm not worried about a shooting war with china so much.

North Korea is a serious issue. A 3 Tier system with limited interceptors is ideal in such a scenario. The Japanese seem to think so as well considering they have purchased SM-3 for their Kongos. I also mistrust the Missiles extant in Pakistan but to a much lesser degree. Syria, Iran and other nations also have extant Ballistic Missile systems that have some significant ranges (able to reach Europe in some cases) which means that a mix of SM3 and ABL to defend ourselves and our allies is a good thing.

China, to my knowledge, were it to do that would face starvation on it's own side of the pacifica and a great deal of unrest were it to screw over it's biggest customer. The waves that have been made from the quality of chinese products with lead or other toxins in them has had them seriously scrambling to maintain those trade ties.