tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7287709906161286456..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: The Navy's BMD ScrambleGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-31634459060543119532010-01-09T11:31:48.474-05:002010-01-09T11:31:48.474-05:00Spook86 -- Thanks for educating those of us who do...Spook86 -- Thanks for educating those of us who do not have the benefit of decades of intelligence experience. This is one of the most enlightening places on the internet.Dakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08673043580464604348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-3774055516984506662010-01-09T10:40:55.455-05:002010-01-09T10:40:55.455-05:00Dako--The typo has been corrected; we were referri...Dako--The typo has been corrected; we were referring to Iran (as a threat), and the menace North Korea poses to Japan, but it didn't appear that way in the original version. Thanks for catching the mistake.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12712369389411084085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-21568255758035061792010-01-08T17:26:03.008-05:002010-01-08T17:26:03.008-05:00I think there is a typo in this article "to d...I think there is a typo in this article "to deal with threats from countries like North Korea and <b>Japan</b>." I don't think we are facing a threat from Japan, though you may have meant a threat to Japan.Dakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08673043580464604348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-56219582374981390982010-01-08T15:47:49.137-05:002010-01-08T15:47:49.137-05:00Excellent article.
It points out the dilemma the ...Excellent article.<br /><br />It points out the dilemma the US Navy finds itself in for having developed a truly great radar/missile system. Because it is so good, it will now be used in a role it was never intended for.<br /><br />The administration’s efforts to use a seagoing missile system to defend fixed land targets in Europe ties up resources needed to defend blue water task groups, the original intent of the Aegis system. You just can’t strip that capability away and expect the seagoing navy to survive. <br /><br />There was a similar row a little over a hundred years ago on whether to build monitors versus battleships to protect America’s coasts. Monitors were slow, underpowered, heavily armored big gunned floating shore batteries. They, like their namesake, were ill suited for blue water fleet engagements. But they cost less than battleships. Fortunately they lost favor, and the battleship became the premiere surface combatant until WWII and we became a world class naval power,<br /><br />The Japanese had the foresight to be building Aegis class ships in enough quantity to defend their island nation against missiles, yet still have the flexibility to engage maritime threats. But Europe largely ignored the missile threat, especially from rogue nations. We are now being forced to sacrifice our mission to cover them.Corky Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16363812378536729410noreply@blogger.com