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After MOAB, USA reveals GMD: Which state will be used as the test ground?
Global Village Space |
Dr. Zafar N. Jaspal |
Since his election, President Trump has been signaling to solidify United States military muscle.
He has exhibited leaning towards the new addition of nuclear weapons to the arsenal and also expressed the desire to operationalize missile shield. He seems lesser inclined to substantial cuts in American nuclear arsenal. The vertical proliferation of nuclear weapons may have a lesser impact on the global strategic environment, but the introduction of Missile Shield definitely multiplies the complexities and ambiguities in the global strategic environment.
Read more: US-Russia Lethal Arms Race: Beginning of a New Cold War?
The United States possesses 36 ground-based interceptors buried at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg and would deploy 44 interceptors by the end of 2017.
The Missile Shield certainly unleashes a devastating new round of an arms race between/among the strategic competitors. It is because the Missile Shield dents the credibility of the counterstrike capability of the deterring state. Therefore, for the sake of deterrence stability, the deterring states would contemplate about multiple striking options including attaching decoys technology with the ballistic missile, developing multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRV), and advance cruise missiles to enhance the credibility of counterstrike capability.
The United States conducted a successful test of ballistic missile interceptor on May 30, 2016. It was reported that the US military fired a test intercontinental ballistic missile from the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific towards the Alaskan coast and launched an interceptor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The interceptor missile successfully destroyed the intercontinental ballistic missile. It was a first-of-its-kind test, i.e. Ground-based Midcourse Defence (GMD) system. It is like to hit a bullet with another bullet. The GMD system uses globally deployed sensors to detect and track offensive intercontinental ballistic missile.
The American Missile Shield Establishment seems very confident after the GMD system accomplishment. Because the test marks the first time GMD system has gone up against an ICBM-class target. Vice Admiral Jim Syring, director of the US Missile Defense Agency stated: “This system is vitally important to the defense of our homeland, and this test demonstrates that we have a capable, credible deterrent against a very real threat.” He added: “The intercept of a complex, threat-representative ICBM target is an incredible accomplishment for the GMD system and a critical milestone for this program.” It was reported that the United States possesses 36 ground-based interceptors buried at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg and would deploy 44 interceptors by the end of 2017. Perhaps, it’s a viable missile shield against the states having lesser number of ballistic missiles such as North Korea and Iran.
Read more: US-Saudi arms deal: Is this setting the stage for a Saudi-Iranian war?
Impacts of GMD global politics
The successful test of the GMD system is to ensure the people of the United States and its allies that they are not vulnerable to the advancing long-range ballistic missile capability of the North Korea and Iran. But it is equally destabilizing.
Read full article:
After MOAB, USA reveals GMD: Which state will be used as the test ground?
Global Village Space |
Dr. Zafar N. Jaspal |
Since his election, President Trump has been signaling to solidify United States military muscle.
He has exhibited leaning towards the new addition of nuclear weapons to the arsenal and also expressed the desire to operationalize missile shield. He seems lesser inclined to substantial cuts in American nuclear arsenal. The vertical proliferation of nuclear weapons may have a lesser impact on the global strategic environment, but the introduction of Missile Shield definitely multiplies the complexities and ambiguities in the global strategic environment.
Read more: US-Russia Lethal Arms Race: Beginning of a New Cold War?
The United States possesses 36 ground-based interceptors buried at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg and would deploy 44 interceptors by the end of 2017.
The Missile Shield certainly unleashes a devastating new round of an arms race between/among the strategic competitors. It is because the Missile Shield dents the credibility of the counterstrike capability of the deterring state. Therefore, for the sake of deterrence stability, the deterring states would contemplate about multiple striking options including attaching decoys technology with the ballistic missile, developing multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRV), and advance cruise missiles to enhance the credibility of counterstrike capability.
The United States conducted a successful test of ballistic missile interceptor on May 30, 2016. It was reported that the US military fired a test intercontinental ballistic missile from the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific towards the Alaskan coast and launched an interceptor missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The interceptor missile successfully destroyed the intercontinental ballistic missile. It was a first-of-its-kind test, i.e. Ground-based Midcourse Defence (GMD) system. It is like to hit a bullet with another bullet. The GMD system uses globally deployed sensors to detect and track offensive intercontinental ballistic missile.
The American Missile Shield Establishment seems very confident after the GMD system accomplishment. Because the test marks the first time GMD system has gone up against an ICBM-class target. Vice Admiral Jim Syring, director of the US Missile Defense Agency stated: “This system is vitally important to the defense of our homeland, and this test demonstrates that we have a capable, credible deterrent against a very real threat.” He added: “The intercept of a complex, threat-representative ICBM target is an incredible accomplishment for the GMD system and a critical milestone for this program.” It was reported that the United States possesses 36 ground-based interceptors buried at Fort Greely, Alaska, and Vandenberg and would deploy 44 interceptors by the end of 2017. Perhaps, it’s a viable missile shield against the states having lesser number of ballistic missiles such as North Korea and Iran.
Read more: US-Saudi arms deal: Is this setting the stage for a Saudi-Iranian war?
Impacts of GMD global politics
The successful test of the GMD system is to ensure the people of the United States and its allies that they are not vulnerable to the advancing long-range ballistic missile capability of the North Korea and Iran. But it is equally destabilizing.
Read full article:
After MOAB, USA reveals GMD: Which state will be used as the test ground?
