William Hung
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I totally agree with you. We are on the same page here. I'm also a fan of Israeli systems. The Israelis are always at war and have limited money, they can't afford to make expensive white elephants that don't work. Everything they make just works. The more VN can get from them the better.
THAAD/AEGIS/Patriot are crazy expensive, THAAD doesn't even work and you remember the Patriot record of 90% interception with Sadam's scuds that turned out to be 0%. Arrow 3 can workout very well for VN and David's Sling is another one that VN should look into (we already talked about Barak 8 before).
Yeah after the Arrow 3 missiles get inducted, the BMD system will truly be multi-layered. It can even shoot down LEO satellites, which might come in handy for VN.
Although having Barak-8 will make the whole system integrated, I still think the S-400 is more preferable. In my opinion, the S-400 is still the king against cruise missiles and aircraft, plus it has a longer range than Barak.
So I prefer the Arrow as the top layer BMD system. It can be integrated with the SPYDER for area protection against aircraft and cruise missiles. This system can then be networked to the US regional BMD system.
For the lower layer defence against BM that might escape the top layer defence, the S-300/S-400 and Buk-M2 can take care of them. Plus it also does the best job against aircraft and cruise missiles. The Pantsirs can then be integrated as point defence for these system. VN already has Buk-M2 and Pantsirs right?
This would truly be a multilayered missile defence system. Although interestingly, the US rejected India's request to buy the Arrow system a few years ago.