Romney Gets It

The Russians are planning on deploying a half a dozen nuclear powered destroyers with space based defense capabilities. Their system, based upon the US SM-3 radars and missiles, aims to reach beyond US capabilities. The S-400 system exceeds reach of the SM-3 at 400 km traveling at 4.8 kps. The S-500 system is designed to be effective at hitting low earth targets at 500 km traveling at 7 kps, the fastest speeds of ICBMs. If successful, the Russians would be able to knock US ICBMs out of the sky at their highest trajectory in space. US nuclear deterrence would be check-mated.

Can the Russians pull this technological feat off? Hell if I know. The Russians have always been about primitive, brute force weapons systems and lies when they fail. But a Marxist US president could prove to be the difference if he guts US R&D by redistributing wealth away from weapons systems. The key point here is that the Cold War is alive and well, the US has enemies in Russia and China that are tyrannies and that human freedom is at risk. Romney gets it.