Photos via Militaryphotos.net- the pics below show Israeli Iron Dome missiles enroute, being setup and firing at enemy missiles.
No matter the outcome of the current hostilities between the Israeli's and the Palestinians, one thing is clear. Anti-missile tech has come a long way since Reagan first introduced the world to the Star Wars Concept. What many critics claimed was impossible is now happening many times a day with remarkable success.
My modest proposal is this. The USMC should re-establish anti-air units under the artillery banner and they should be integrated with every Marine-Air Ground Task Force.
Every credible think tank (that means any think tank that does NOT include ex-Marine General Cartwright!) has concluded that our forces will face the threat of ballistic missiles. The Israeli experience has shown that even terrorist organizations can now acquire these weapons.
Its only a matter of time before US forces...even in a humanitarian role, might be targeted with Qassam rockets. Quite honestly criminal organizations have the knowledge necessary to construct these weapons and considering how porous our Southern border is, we could easily see a drug cartel target Federal Buildings in Tuscon, El Paso or even Houston.
C-Ram is inadequate, its time to leverage our investment in the Iron Dome system and make sure that our ground forces are properly equipped. If we don't then the next shock that the Pentagon faces won't be the IED (which our forces are becoming expert at countering, if not defeating), it'll be cheap, mass produced rockets falling like steel rain.
No matter the outcome of the current hostilities between the Israeli's and the Palestinians, one thing is clear. Anti-missile tech has come a long way since Reagan first introduced the world to the Star Wars Concept. What many critics claimed was impossible is now happening many times a day with remarkable success.
My modest proposal is this. The USMC should re-establish anti-air units under the artillery banner and they should be integrated with every Marine-Air Ground Task Force.
Every credible think tank (that means any think tank that does NOT include ex-Marine General Cartwright!) has concluded that our forces will face the threat of ballistic missiles. The Israeli experience has shown that even terrorist organizations can now acquire these weapons.
Its only a matter of time before US forces...even in a humanitarian role, might be targeted with Qassam rockets. Quite honestly criminal organizations have the knowledge necessary to construct these weapons and considering how porous our Southern border is, we could easily see a drug cartel target Federal Buildings in Tuscon, El Paso or even Houston.
C-Ram is inadequate, its time to leverage our investment in the Iron Dome system and make sure that our ground forces are properly equipped. If we don't then the next shock that the Pentagon faces won't be the IED (which our forces are becoming expert at countering, if not defeating), it'll be cheap, mass produced rockets falling like steel rain.