WikiLeaks proved that overpaid and under-worked legions of federal workers all the way though the Army and Defense Department ) how many Generals work there?) are as incompetent as we always knew that they were.
When you look at it the revelations clearly show that not only is our State Department incompetent, but Hillary Clinton as its head is literally a dictator with powers that are constantly abused.
General Patrick O’Reilly, director of the US Missile Defense Agency, disclosed that the radar system would be unable to detect long-range missiles in the launch phase because it could only see in a straight line, not over the horizon.
By the time the radar "saw" the missile, it would be too late to launch an interceptor in time to stop it striking its target.
The Czech radar system was the lynch-pin of George Bush’s “son of star wars” missile defense plans, ostensibly intended to intercept missiles launched from North Korea and Iran. The more appropriate name should have been " son of stupid."
Russia reacted furiously to the proposed system, which it claimed could threaten its own defenses and be used to spy on its interests. They probably did that just for effect, while chuckling.
A leaked cable obtained by WikiLeaks detailing US talks with Moscow describes a briefing by General O’Reilly on the capabilities of the Czech radar.
It states: “He noted that it was an X-Band radar which could only see in a straight line, not over the horizon; its range was approximately 2000 kilometers, its beam size was point 155 degrees; and it could not search and locate by itself.
“The key was that the Czech radar could not bend radio waves; its minimum elevation was two degrees… Below two degrees, ground clutter would interfere.
“Thus, depending on the location of the launch, the first 245, 450 or 850 kilometers of flight could not be seen. Therefore, the radar was incapable of seeing a missile in the boost phase. By the time the radar saw the missile, it would be too late to launch an interceptor.
“Even with upgrades to the radar, Gen O'Reilly continued, an X-band radar in the Czech Republic would never give the US the capability to intercept Russia's ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles).”
Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State under President Bush, finalized the agreement to base the missile radar in the Czech Republic 8 July 2008.
But the plan was abandoned by President Barack Obama in September 2009, on the basis that the threat from Iran could now be countered by shorter-range systems.
Maybe we could have just called the fuzz-buster folks and for $300 could have gotten a couple of the units and put them in some cars near the border?
I know that my unit is always accurate. Finds the radar each time, any type of radar, probably good for Russian ones too.
In the alternative, the spotters used by the British population during the WAR could be the best as they could just telephone the nearest missile silo and tell them that the missiles were coming and it's time to launch countermeasures?
This would be about $100 billion cheaper, and I could volunteer to sell the government 5 or 6 of these special radar units for only, say $100 million each?
