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It amazes me that the Democratic Party is still trying to be the party of women and homosexuals.

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You're not going to be happy unless Russia launches a bunch of ICBMs at us and you're either 1) proven wrong, or 2) dead (because you're right). Either way, you lose.

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Yes

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Maybe give it a rest because you look like a dumbass in this thread.

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I look the only one who uses his brain and doesn’t get all of his intro from movies and cheesy YouTube videos. You’re all wrong and I’m all right.

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My source was Google. I remember when it happened and Googled the year. It was 2020 when the US demonstrated it could shoot down an ICBM in space. It was either us or Israel that shot down one of Iran's missiles outside the earth's atmosphere when they launched all those missiles and cruise missiles a year or so ago. Might have been Israel, but I'm not sure. There's video of it.

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Okay neat? What type of system was it and where was it launched from and where did the incoming missile come from?

Dp

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If we’re shooting down Russian ICBM’s, we’re likely doing it from Europe, which is one of the reasons why we have NATO bases there. They aren’t there just to protect Europe.

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Those are designed to defend Europe.


ICBMs from Russia to the United States would go over the Nortb Pole.

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They don't have to be "outside cities". How many military bases are are within 150 miles of major cities? Probably a lot.

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And there’s zero missile batteries just sitting around manned and armed ready to fire with exception of I assume Washington DC.

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Why are naval vessels only in the Red Sea or South China Sea?

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That’s where most are because that’s where the hot spots are. Countering the Houthis and China.

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There is an Arleigh-Burke class destroyer parked off the coast of Portugal right now.

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Neat, it’s not gonna shoot down any ICBMs from Russia from there.

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And how many air bases or Army bases around the world would an ICBM have to fly within range of to get to the US? How many other destroyers would one have to fly over.

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Well they’ll becoming over the North Pole so virtuallly zero. Plus, our missiles don’t shoot down ICBMs in space, only on their terminal descent.

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Ahh yes, it is common sense to spend all this money on R&D and producing these technical wonders just to lock them away in bunkers away from their launch vehicles. Makes total sense.

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It does because all of the R&D went into developing systems that would defend our fleets and forward deployed forces from missile attack, not the homeland. So unless they’re deploying overseas or training then yeah, they’re all sitting in motorpools.

Now maybe if tensions started ramping up and there was a few days notice we could deploy some of these systems around the country and get some of the incoming missiles but as of now, at this moment, there is no “iron dome” over the United States.

This thread is about a Russian ICBM attack on America.

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We have missile defense ships stationed around the globe.

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So like I said, not in a position to defend the United States homeland.

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We have missile defense batteries in Eastern Europe.

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These are to protect Europe

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We have missile defense batteries in Asia and the Pacific.

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To defend our facilities and allies against Chinese attack.

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We have missile defense batteries across the US

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Where?

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There are probably a whole lot more that we don't know about.

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Nah. It’s not a movie

If the average ghetto American black person thinks they’re going to go to West Africa and people will accept them as one of their own they’ve got another thing coming.

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Lol they are on truck launchers.

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I know. And I promise you the army isn’t spending the time, money and personnel to keep these sitting outside cities waiting on a nuclear attack. They’re all sitting in motor pools on military bases and the missiles are locked away in bunkers.

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Where exactly do you think these things would be launched from?

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Do you think a Navy ship can shoot down a Russian missile from the Red Sea or South China Sea?

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Again, how would you know?

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Common sense

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, I don't think we should have given up Bagram Airfield.

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Maybe, what would be the point? To occasionally go out and kill some bad guys? The frequency with which that would’ve happened probably can’t justify the expense.

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Because of its size and location, it is a fairly safe and defensible

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It’s surrounded by high ground on all sides:lol: It’s a shite position tactically. In order to defend it we’d have to keep in place all kinds of expensive and logistically high footprint equipment, not too mention a few hundred dudes just to guard the perimeter.