Tyler Rogoway,The WarZone
With peer state competitors China and Russia in the periphery, along with an emboldened Iran, and the looming threat posed by North Korea's long-range ballistic missiles has resulted in a frenzy of missile defense messaging that is often as wrong as it is in fashion. Emanating from the very tip-top of the America's government,the notion that missile interceptors are some sort of perfect panacea (a remedy for all ills; cure-all; an answer to all problems) to ballistic missile wielding foes, even rogue states with relatively limited resources, and is a lie. And despite the inaccurate claims made by the President on down the line,these systems conclude offer some...
Source: realcleardefense.com