USA have limited capacity in terms of missile defense, says former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, a senior employee of the Center on the United States and Europe at Brookings institution Steven Pifer in his article in the journal.
in the United States just is not reliable and accessible system of defense against Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and ballistic missile submarines (SLBMs), gives the example of a specialist.
according to his statement, since 1983, the history of the U.S. missile defence is the story " the melting of hope ". For example, under the Strategic defense of the proposal (SDI) proposed by the President of the United States of America Ronald Reagan in 1983, it was implied that the country can deal with thousands of warheads.
The global protection against limited strikes (GPALS), represented by George Bush Sr., implied protection against not more than 200 warheads.
for its part, the program "national missile defense" (NMD), the implementation of which began during the presidency of bill Clinton, could not deal more than a couple dozen warheads continues Pifer.
"When I once asked an American bureaucrat, versed in the question about what he would do if North Korea launched an Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in Seattle, he stated that he would launch several interceptor missiles" Ground-based missile defense midcourse flight "(GMD) and crossed the fingers, " says the specialist.
Pifer says that these interceptors, put into use during the presidency of George W. Bush, and have not been tested properly." Eleven years after placement of the first interceptor missiles in Alaska, the Department of defense is trying to do everything to ensure that they work efficiently, " says the Creator.
in addition, Pifer adds that North America does not forget: as long as they will develop missile defense, other countries also will not sit idly by.
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