Trump wants an "American Iron Dome." Experts say that's ridiculous.
Trump wants an "American Iron Dome." Experts say that's ridiculous.
A central campaign promise, the building of an over two trillion dollar missile shield would be costly, ineffective, and unnecessary.
You mean NORAD missile defence system?
The point of putting it around Canada was so missiles would be shot down over it instead of the US
10 0 ReplyIt's to keep us pesky Canadians from trebuchet-ing poutine over the border.
10 0 ReplyKeep the cobra chickens at bay. Smort.
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Great, just what we need, an even louder Trump
8 0 ReplyAbout time! We in Michigan are tired of the moose raids from Canada. They swim across our half of the lake and eat up our maple syrup.
8 0 Reply10 iron domes would not be enough!
2 0 ReplyWhat about 10 Gustav railway guns loaded with WP shells?
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Do you think he realizes it's not LITERALLY a dome?
13 0 ReplySimpsons did it!
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AND MEXICO WILL PAY FOR IT!!!
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12 0 ReplyI can build that for him for a cool 250 billion. I'm willing to guarantee 0% penetration of short range rockets launched by Hezbollah from anywhere in Lebanon.
27 0 ReplyThat's outrageous! I'll do it for 249 billion!
11 0 ReplyHonestly, I'll do it for a hundred bucks.
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There already is one. There are aound 100 Patriot missile batteries in the US. As usual Trump knows nothing about the subject he talks about.
35 0 ReplyTo be fair, they told him about this in dozens of briefings, but he was always distracted by his Happy Meal toy.
18 0 ReplyWhat do they need 100 Patriot batteries for? Are they that scared of the Mexicans and Canadians?
3 0 ReplyPeople in red states need jobs, it's a welfare program.
Also, billionaires get richer and can own colonies, but don't look behind the curtain.
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I'm sure a tinfoil hat can be arranged.
4 0 ReplyPretty sure we have multiple anti missile systems deployed already.
Also, who's shooting missiles at America right now?
I mean, other than North Korea, but that's like a 10 year old with a water rocket trying to blow up the school from across town.
7 0 Reply"I was elected to lead, not to read."
11 0 ReplyNumber 3!
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Isn't this just Reagan's "Star Wars" program under a different name?
7 0 ReplyYup - anyone who is likely to try and hit the US is far enough away is going to be using long range ballistic missiles, and it's been pretty conclusively demonstrated that it's technically feasible to intercept a single missile, it sure isn't reliable enough to be a reasonable deterrent or cheap enough to build enough launchers to give you any amount of coverage.
Iron dome works because Israel is small, with a concentrated population, and is being attacked with small, short range rockets that are easy to spot on radar - that isn't a likely scenario for the US to face
11 0 ReplyWell, we're probably working on that with the SM-3. They took out a satellite with it so hitting a mid course ICBM shouldn't be too hard.
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Is he going to occupy Mexico too? Maybe some modern manifest destiny?
3 0 ReplyTrump thinks we are in the Middle East
6 0 ReplyJust East of the Midwest duh.
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