We have THAADLong range is easier than short range, you have more prep time and long range eventually becomes short range.
We have THAADLong range is easier than short range, you have more prep time and long range eventually becomes short range.
Oh, FFS.
No shit its good against short range stuff.
Nixing the purchase over the Muslim Brotherhood-friendly crowd on the far-Left has just pissed Israel off severely.
I cannot think of the last time Israel pulled their ambassador from the US.
Excuse me but so fucking what? We aren’t responsible for Israeli funding. They can pay for Iron dome itself. We should not be paying for their security we should pay for ours.Honestly, it's probably for the best. We cannot be counted on as an ally anymore anyways.
Uh, you do know this wasn't about funding Iron Dome, which is already funded and operational in Israel.Excuse me but so fucking what? We aren’t responsible for Israeli funding. They can pay for Iron dome itself. We should not be paying for their security we should pay for ours.
...that would make a disturbing amount of sense.The fucked up situation around Israel made it a very good testing ground for active defense systems. Part of me wonders if that is part of the reason that politics blocks permanent solutions for the shit show.
We have THAAD
It's outside of the parameters of Iron Dome to intercept most of the stuff THAAD and other long range systems are designed to do. It's great that Iron Dome can intercept rockets that are flying predictable paths and there's obviously a place for it in defense but it'd be silly to just think "Oh the Israeli system is good enough. Lets ditch THAAD for 'reasons.'"
THAAD is better long rangeLast I heard THAAD is...well, it's crap.
Iron Dome has had far more effort and time put into it. It's smarter to just take Iron Dome itself.
Ahh ok I misread what it was about my fault sorry. Yeah if the Israelites are willing to sell us iron domes we should buy I hear they are pretty good.Uh, you do know this wasn't about funding Iron Dome, which is already funded and operational in Israel.
This was about the US purchasing Iron Dome systems for ourselves.
THAAD is better long range
Ahh ok I misread what it was about my fault sorry. Yeah if the Israelites are willing to sell us iron domes we should buy I hear they are pretty good.
You are right, there is no better tested systemI'm not contesting that. I'm saying that for short-range threats, you want Iron Dome. Even if we just fold that into a future THAAD system, that's fine. It's just insane to not admit that Israel has a good defensive system. One that we should acquire, even if it's not actual hardware, but just knowledge. There is no better tested system of this sort than Iron Dome.
I mean, I don't think we should be subsidizing Israel's defense for $1 billion a year--but I also don't want to defund them because the Squad is butthurt that they fired back on Palestinian terrorists.
Hunter Biden asked for $2m, 'success fees' to unfreeze Libyan assets
Mid-level Democratic donors Sam Jauhari and Sheikh Mohammed al-Rahbani had sought to use Hunter Biden's connections in 2015 in their effort to unfreeze billions in Libyan assets.www.dailymail.co.uk
Can't wait for the FBI to ignore this