Posted on 02/07/2010 8:35:05 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
Romania has agreed to base American anti-missile systems on its territory. These will probably be land based Aegis systems. So far, Aegis has achieved an 83 percent success rate during live test firings. So now everyone wants an Aegis ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) ship for protection. The Aegis system was designed to operate aboard warships (cruisers and destroyers that have been equipped with the special software that enables the AEGIS radar system to detect and track incoming ballistic missiles). However, there is also a land based version that Israel is interested in buying. The development version of AEGIS was land based, and is still in operation. The U.S. wants to put anti-missile systems in Eastern Europe to protect against ballistic missile attacks from Iran. Russia sees this as a subterfuge to weaken the effect of Russian ballistic missiles. Currently, the navy has 20 ships with the Aegis anti-missile system (soon to be 27). There are over 100 American and foreign warships equipped with Aegis. Converting an Aegis ship to Aegis ABM costs about $12 million, mainly for new software and a few new hardware items. This is seen as a safe investment. To knock down ballistic missiles, Aegis uses two similar models of the U.S. Navy Standard anti-aircraft missile, in addition to a modified version of the Aegis radar system, which can now track incoming ballistic missiles.
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The Russian Army blew through the Romanians at Stalingrad.
The Romanians won’t be defending Stalingrad this time.
I think that they have learned their lesson. Anyways, the Romanians at Stalingrad were poorly equiped and least trained.
Was this planned during the Bush administration? It sounds so unlike Bummer.
Lets not forget that the Romanians killed their dictator. And are very strong.. Plus they are a good friend of freedom loving countries.
They have some hot women too.
I concur!
The non-sequitur post of the night.
They blew through the Wehrmacht as well, what's your point?
They didn’t give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor either!
I really believe they hated his wife more than him. All the Romanian women I met referred to her in unpleasant terms!
Don’t forget the backup force from the 33rd Romanian Vampire battalion.
Explain how your comment is relevant to the current year of 2010?
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