TL:DR Horse shit. He’s not worried, and missile defense is a pipe dream.
Missile defense is an insane concept. Like in movies where they are like shoot down the nuclear missiles, Ha, no. An icbm goes into orbit and the splits into several smaller missiles. (MIRV) When they return to the atmosphere they are travelling at like Mach 22. Hitting a dumb bullet at that speed would be nuts but if the missile is smart, has radar, has counter measures, and can evade even a little bit it would be pretty much impossible for stuff to catch it. You can’t even do it with a laser because of diffraction. The beam spreads too much over these distances. And if you wait for it to be close, then you’re just showing the intended target with nuclear fuel. At that point it’s not so much defense as mitigation.
So it seems to me that the whole point of these “defense” systems is to provoke. Of course Russia knows all that but they are playing along acting provoked because excuses for more weapons spending because now it’s about the 1% vs everyone else. Putin even mentioned rebuilding the military industrial complex like it’s a good thing XD
That’s the real goal for both sides. Drama and money. Putin is gonna be ready to exploit whichever president he gets. The good news is there won’t be global nuclear war. Ever. At worst some rogue state will nuke a city or two. By the time you get more than two nukes you’re so invested in the system you not longer want to blow it up and you know by then that there is no blowing up just half of it.
It’s again obvious when he brings the cruise missiles into the discussion. Those can be intercepted possibly with a radar guided gun. (Phalanx etc.) He said it himself “sub sonic” that means under mach 1. Fearing a nuclear strike by tomahawk is completely absurd Especially if he’s not lying when he says they’ve caught up.
He rolled his own eyes when he said grave danger. And listen to his tone and look at his body language. Does it convey anything like apprehension? Pshhh. A kid in a school play being threatened with a cardboard sword is more worried. Literally. He’s talking to the press. He doesn’t expect anyone to watch the piece directly. He wants *them* to sell the fear and drama. Because unlike during the cold war this time that same 65 people own both sides.
1984. We’ve always been at war with (insert country name here.) >.>
