Missile defense system - the most expensive and unnecessary military toy of Washington

Missile defense system, which is going to expand the George Bush - so holey umbrella, which will not be able to shield America from any significant nuclear missile strike. Fortunately, today, America is simply not facing the threat of again being the target of hundreds of ballistic missiles. Why, then, to spend many billions of dollars on this project, which does not need anyone but themselves war?

What it did was a strange year! Persuading, finally, America is that the main threat to it is the Al Kayed, President Bush abruptly changed their position. By providing a wave of Osama bin Laden has ceased to be a «public enemy number 1». Instead, the Saudi billionaire and his terrorist organization, the main opponent of the U.S. Iraq was declared, and in particular to President Saddam Hussein, whom Washington is going to declare war.

However, this proved not to be the last pre-transformation. Apparently, this enemy of the United States is not Saddam and not Bin Laden, and some third, as yet not known anything except that he was ready to strike American territory hail of ballistic missiles. Apparently, the threat is real. Otherwise, how else can you explain the desire of George Bush in the next two years to lay out about $ 20 billion for the design and construction of a missile defense system (ABM), forcing the recall of long ago abandoned the program of «Star Wars»?

Since the days of President Reagan's administration, commitment to the ideas on the need for a strong missile defense systems is a major element of the ideology of American conservatives. Of particular importance, these ideas are for the neo-conservatives, who have not been able to finally believe in the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Recall that we are talking about creating a board based on modern technologies, and helps protect the U.S. against a massive ballistic missile attack with nuclear warheads. However, the Soviet military machine, the threat which prompted Reagan to refer to «Star Wars», has long been left behind. However, for unknown reasons, Bush and his team have once again returned to the plan, which could become one of the most expensive military project of modernity.

In fact, Bush wants to spend tens of millions of dollars (which, incidentally, soon could become hundreds of millions) to build a missile defense system designed to protect America from a non-existent enemy. Moreover, even if the opponent, there would in fact, «Bush's Shield» still not managed to become a reliable barrier in the way of missiles aimed at America. Of course, if you spend on the new «Star Wars» enough money, then, over time, scientists will still make a missile defense system to work more or less reliably. However, this can hardly be expected in the foreseeable future.

Commenting on plans for the establishment of «anti umbrellas» over Alaska and California, the Pentagon limited to common words, saying that «it would still be better than nothing». Let me, but $ 20 billion - this is quite a serious amount to put it behind «if something».

According to the Pentagon for the last eight years, he tested the effectiveness of currently developed at the missile defense system, five tests were successful. It is important to understand what war meant a «success»: it is not that the missile-interceptor actually hit the goal, and that she was near her. Suppose that in the real world in all these cases, the nuclear warhead would be confused by the course and not hit a goal, ie effectiveness of missile defense system would actually declared war 62.5%. This means that if the mystery opponent for the United States will launch an American territory, such as 200 ballistic missiles, the board will be able to overcome the «total» 75 warheads.

Unfortunately, as the White House, and in the Pentagon prefer to be silent that will be with America in this case. In fact, the 75 nuclear explosions in the United States will make all major American cities in smoking radioactive ruins.

However, we missed the most important question: Who do today may threaten the United States in this nuclear-missile attack? Iraq? Those few missiles, which now has Hussein, at best, be able to fly farther than a few hundred kilometers. In addition, let us not forget that, as promised Bush, the Baghdad dictator will be forced to leave his post in the next few months.

Maybe Bush is afraid of North Korea? They say that Korean designers are working on a missile, which under certain conditions (good weather, fair wind) might be able to reach out to the coast of Alaska. However, until the missile exists only on paper. And, likely, its unfortunate the creators simply die from starvation or from radiation sickness long before the project to create a North Korean «nuclear fist» would be realized.

Who else can claim the role of a mysterious enemy the United States? Russian? Bush assures Americans that Moscow and Washington are now friends. In addition, the fighting efficiency of Russian army today is in serious doubt.

China? Maybe one day it will happen. However, today the main threat that China has the United States, not the presence of nuclear weapons in Beijing, and his activity in matters of intellectual piracy. Spending a fraction of the annual cost estimate for the construction of missile defense, Washington would hire some good lawyers and to persuade China of the need to faithfully observe the rules of conduct in international markets.

So who in the end, those rockets can run on which Bush has sought to protect the United States with the help of multibillion costs? Perhaps France? It has nuclear weapons, and in addition, during the Civil War in the United States was going to Paris to come to the aid of the South ... Nuclear weapons have and the UK. Do not forget that it is in the British burned Washington in 1812.

Of course, now prevails over the United States a number of threats, some of which are extremely serious. First and foremost, we are talking about international terrorism and the spread of radical Islamic fundamentalism. Next come the confrontation between India and Pakistan, as well as tensions in the Middle East. We should not forget about the economic problems of Latin America. However, it is clear that the threat of a full nuclear missile attack on the United States today can hardly be attributed to the most probable.

Speaking of public spending, Bush likes to remind their voters that the federal budget is not limitless. In doing so, he prefers to be silent about the fact that the budget money that will be spent on new «Star Wars», a «leave in the sand», and will not be able to help America in dealing with really important problems.