[ThunderSleeps]

The Israelis have or are developing three different systems, Arrow, David's Sling, and Iron Dome. They may have some Patriot batteries too. Layered defense. Seems to be working pretty well for them so far. Question would be, are they looking out over the Med or only at their neighbors?

Us? As far as I know nothing. We used to have radars watching the oceans looking for Soviet submarine launched ICBMs. Don't know if they are still operating. I haven't heard of any deployments of defensive batteries (Patriot, Hawk, THAAD, or Aegis/BMD ships) to coastal areas where we'd get a shot at it, even if we saw it coming.

That hasn't been a priority (I guess) - more worried about countering the developing threat of ICBM launches out of NK or Iran. But with the ongoing proliferation of better and better short and medium range ballistic missiles, and unstable states developing deliverable WMD warheads... Yeah, I think closing the border and watching the oceans again are going to have to become priorities. Along with deploying systems that'd have a shot at something if it was detected.

[logi_cal869]

I read you; I have major frustrations over it. I was referring to our multi-billion $$ BMD (Ballistic Missile Defense), which I always considered a boondoggle. NASA had maneuverable-jet tech at the time & anyone with half a brain knew it could be applied to MIRVs, or single warhead LVs. Worse, the US was pioneering HSV (hypersonic), which when applied to offensive weapons renders BMD moot. Not even going to discuss the US military complete ignorance of the Russian P700/P800 or, for that matter, its natural evolution, the Brahmos II (no designation yet).

Worse even, the image below is a mockup display of a P800 on not a military vessel, but a commercial-profile vessel.

Ironically, recent reports (last week) refer to the deployment of 'blimps'.