A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Reuters: Exclusive: U.S. military looking at deploying anti-missile system in Germany - sources
BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. military has held preliminary discussions about moving a powerful missile defense system to Germany to boost European defenses, according to two sources familiar with the issue, a move that experts said could trigger fresh tensions with Moscow.
The tentative proposal to send the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to Europe predates U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord, and comes amid a broader push to strengthen Europe’s air and missile defenses.
While Europe and the United States are at odds over the fate of the nuclear agreement, they share concerns about Iran’s continued development of ballistic missiles.
Iran’s Shahab 3 missiles can already travel 2,000 km, enough to reach southern Europe, and its Revolutionary Guards have said they will increase the range if threatened since the range is capped by strategic doctrine, not technology constraints.
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WNU Editor: The Pentagon is saying that no decisions have been made. But if it does go through .... will the Germans may for it? And I am willing to wager that there will be a Russian response to such a deployment.
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Unless the Germans pay for it, it should not go through. Of course there will be a Russian response. As such, by doing this we place American lives in even greater peril than they are already in. For this service, the Germans should not only be expected to pay the full cost of the system but they also need to pay a premium to the US government of 50% above the cost of the system to compensate America for the increased risk it is taking on by defending and advancing German interests. Additionally, the US military who will be operating the system will need to be directly by the German government at least $250,000 annually as well as a similar payment to each dependent child and spouse of each US soldier deployed to Germany to operate this system.
For the increased risk to American national security that this system will cause America and for the increased peril our military personnel will be under for this action, this proposal is only reasonable and, in fact, would be the bare minimum a US leader should accept. Of course Germany will have to pay for it and this should be insisted upon.
THAAD is in high demand with low supply and a costly system. Germany is a cheap skate on defense spending, burden sharing and a member of the international #Resistance movement. Why would Trump approve THAAD in Germany?
"Why would Trump approve THAAD in Germany? I see no reason why he would. As a practical matter of late at least it seems to me as though Germany is behaving as a de facto enemy of the United States. There seems no reason to aid a de facto enemy without a VERY GOOD reason. An example might be if the alternatives were worse of which I do not see that being a factor here. Also, there isn't a US missile system in existence or even close to coming to fruition that is going to be able counter Russia's arsenal and such systems only inflame tensions. As such, there seems no practical reason to deploy such a system anyway.
If there were, America is entering into a conflict between Germany and Russia. If we were to do such a thing, at a minimum, Germany is going to have to pay for the full price of the system and the American military personnel stationed there to operate and oversee the system. Not only this but the troops, their families, and the American people will need to be paid a premium over and above the cost of the system and its operating costs. Such actions place America in even greater peril than it is already in. As such, the compensation package for America that I mention above is actually the bare minimum that should be acceptable. Without such a compensation package and some way to be sure the system actual has practical value there would be no reason to even consider deploying it to Germany.
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