No Fire From Above

Ever wonder why the United States of America has been so adamant about getting Canada to fund their new Star Wars program? I have a theory.

For the uninitiated, this is a reborn attempt to put satellites into orbit with powerful lasers on them to neutralize an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) before it can reach its' target. Knowing the success rate of the US Patriot Missile (which was used in the Iraq wars to neutralize SCUD missiles), this makes me quite leery.

Studies have shown that Patriot missile system often did not neutralize the intercepted missile. They often missed completely, or at best, managed to knock the missile out of the sky. The intended target might have been missed, but then a live warhead fell to the ground, often striking a civilian target.

What does this have to do with the Missile Defense Program? Well, just about everything. You see, there is no such thing as 100% effectiveness when you are dealing with objects in motion, and targets that are thousands of kilometers away.

My next point is also crucial. If a nuclear assault were to be launched on the United States of America, the missile trajectory would almost certainly be across the north pole. If a missile defense satellite fired at such a missile, and only managed to knock it out of the sky, instead of neutralizing it entirely, where to you think the missile would fall? Surely, on Canadian soil. Sure the USA might escape a nuclear assault, but that doesn't prevent Canada from becoming the next Hiroshima or Nagasaki.

I do not want to be a target. Say no to missile defense.