| ▲ | jandrewrogers 4 hours ago | |
US intelligence had assessed that this was possible a long time ago. It was one of the motivations behind the installation of long-range missile defense capabilities in Poland and Czechia in the late 2000s. Obama killed that program to appease Russia. Of course, there is a significant gap between Iran possessing the capability, having the temperament to use it, and actually doing so. | ||
| ▲ | alephnerd 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> It was one of the motivations behind the installation of long-range missile defense capabilities in Poland and Czechia in the late 2000s. Obama killed that program to appease Russia This was sidestepped by allowing the Poland-SK defense partnership to kick off in 2013 [0] which was further entrenched in 2022 [1], and itself acted as a message against North Korea for acting in a similar manner with Iran [2] [0] - https://www.president.pl/archives/bronislaw-komorowski/news/... [1] - https://www.irsem.fr/storage/file_manager_files/2025/03/nr-i... [2] - https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/middleeast/29missil... | ||