By Bob Maginnis BobMaginnis.com
President Obama is guilty of national security malpractice because he replaced a proven missile defense system destined for Europe with one that will not work, but does appease Russia. Also, Obama’s decision alienated a key ally who now refuses to cooperate, and at the same time Iran — our primary missile threat — is dangerously close to reaching atomic-tipped ballistic missile status.
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R.-Ala.), according to Aviation Weekly, said the Pentagon’s Defense Science Board concluded that Obama’s proposed missile defense system for Europe, which relies on achieving an early intercept capability, is “simply not credible.” Portions of the board’s forthcoming study were unveiled during a Senate hearing on June 15.
Shelby said Obama’s promised early intercept capability “was the central justification … to cancel the third site in Europe.” That site, which was proposed by President George W. Bush, would have deployed the same proven Boeing Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system used in Alaska and California. However, “Now it looks like the nation may be left with an inadequate defense in Europe and no boost-phase intercept capability,” Shelby said. And the Pentagon is not reevaluating Obama’s new Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) in light of the Pentagon board’s damaging report, according to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
Gates testified that Obama’s PAA “will give us a missile-defense capability several years earlier than would have been the case with the third site in Europe.” He pointed out that “the third site in Europe was not going to happen because the Czech Republic was not going to approve the radar.” But that was not necessarily the case two years ago, before Obama canceled the deal.
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