Obama to Russia: Why, Of Course I'm So Determined To Secure Your Signature on a Meaningless Piece of Paper That I'd Gladly Hand Over the Secrets of US Anti-Ballistic-Missile Technology, So You Can Learn How To Defeat It

Oh God. The hits just keep on coming.

Anyone really gonna vote against Romney? Or Huckabee? Gonna vote to keep this guy in office for four more horrific years, huh?

ussia's government plans to exploit the Obama administration’s eagerness to conclude a missile defense deal as a way to obtain valuable technology from advanced U.S. missile defenses, according to U.S. national security officials.

The Russians specifically are seeking a defense technology cooperation deal with the Pentagon that will permit them to gain access to U.S. hit-to-kill missile defense know-how, the key technology for the most current strategic long-range and tactical short-range defenses that were developed at a cost of billions of taxpayer dollars over the past two decades.

The reason, the officials said, is that Moscow knows it can offer very little in the way of cooperative missile defense with the U.S. The current strategic anti-missile interceptors around Moscow are armed with nuclear warheads — tactical weapons that Moscow is not expected to use against an Iranian missile attack.

Additionally, the nuclear-tipped interceptors are supposed to be the subject of follow-on U.S.-Russian tactical nuclear arms reduction talks based on the recently ratified New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Wait, what? Why are we trying to limit Moscow's own very limited nuclear defense? What do we care if they have some interceptor air-burst defensive nukes that probably won't work?

Is this part of Obama's plan to give up our own defense in exchange for Russia giving up its non-defense?

Thanks to RD.

posted by Ace at 02:56 PM

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