We've been researching some of the details regarding Iran's military capability, and this video is a good way to put the Iranian missile launches into perspective. This one is best observed with the volume turned up, and be sure to swallow all fluids first because you may laugh out loud.
You cannot watch this video, see the stupid blustery by the Iranians over their program, observe the photography markup of the IRGC, and buy into the threat here as something we need to heavily invest against. For the record, our many reasons for not being impressed with the Iranian missile program are technical, not political, but we admit to disliking the politics quite a bit. This threat is hyped beyond its level of legitimate military value. If we were living in the 1960s, or if Iran had 1000 launchers like China does, this would be a threat of significant concern. Its 2008, and Iran has maybe, 50 launchers (many of which are not mobile), its at best a terror weapon, and unlike 1991, there are existing countermeasures designed specifically to deal with this issue.
Our problem with the politics is why the this system is hyped, to support the ballistic missile defense program in Europe. What a gigantic waste of money. If we want Ballistic Missile Defense in Europe, pay for cost of AEGIS BMD software upgrades to all purchases of AEGIS by European Navies. It would be incredibly less expensive, it would work, it doesn't leave a footprint, and btw it scales with existing ballistic missile defense infrastructure.
We should be giving up missile defense plans in Europe for more support from Russia for the Iran situation. That would be a diplomatic horse trade to the advantage of everyone involved.
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