Saturday, August 18, 2012

Why Russia Has A First Strike Policy Against Europe


These Ships Have Russia Considering A Missile Strike Against Europe -- Business Insider

The Navy is deploying four Guided Missile destroyers to Rota, Spain to serve as an integral part of the European Defense Shield.

The shield has been riling up Russia since it was announced, and in May the Kremlin came out and said it was not ruling out a first strike against the NATO shield in Europe.

Not long after the strike was threatened a story came out saying that Obama would release classified data on the shield to the Russians in an effort to calm them down.

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My Comment: Russian concerns are not justified .... these ships are incapable of stopping a swarm of Russian missiles if the Russians should decide to launch a missile attack against Europe. The problem is politics, and the perception of looking weak.

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