Why Are All Of America's Nuclear Missiles Aimed At Russia? -- Eugene K. Chow, The Week
The U.S. has 450 active ICBMs, but here's the catch: They can really only be used to attack Russia
Out of sync with the times, ICBMs are a singular weapon in a multi-variable world.
The Soviet Union collapsed more than two decades ago, but the United States has continued to keep these dangerous relics of the Cold War on a hair trigger, controlled by officers prone to alarming behavior, and all ready to wipe Russia off the map at a moment's notice.
And that's the problem. We have 450 active ICBMs, but because of geographical constraints, they can really only be used to attack Russia.
Due to the location of missile silos and launch trajectories, to hit targets in East Asia or even the Middle East, American missiles would first have to fly over parts of Russia. Needless to say, nuclear missiles streaking over Russian territory would trigger alarms and likely a retaliatory attack.
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My Comment: I suspect that all of Russia's ICBMs are pointing at the U.S.. But this post does make an interesting point .... does it make sense to have a singular weapon in a multi-variable world?
2 comments:
It's part of the Administrations so called campaign to become nuke free. First posit the trigger men as unreliable (there are issues that do need to be addressed), undermine targeting policy, then use budgeting to cut.
Also this writers logic on the Russian reaction to over flight has problems. Regardless of target trajectory and tube location, 10+ ICBM's rising out of their tubes would have bells ringing all over Russia before they hit 30,000 ft.
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