Press TV – May 23, 2023
A US government agency has sounded the alarm about the dilapidated condition of its national missile systems, warning that the country is vulnerable to “threats from foreign adversaries.”
The Government Accountability Office (GOA) warned in a report published on Tuesday that the US Missile Defense Agency has repeatedly failed to upgrade its radar and missile interceptor systems, leaving America with less capability than planned and vulnerable to “missile threats from foreign adversaries.”
The US government agency expressed fears that China, Iran, and North Korea pose missile threats to the United States, despite the fact that Bejing and Tehran have never threatened to attack the country.
Meanwhile, supply-line issues and a developmental backlog were cited by the US agency as the main factors preventing the Pentagon’s top missile defense systems from receiving critical updates.
The US agency reported that in 2022 alone, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) had failed to achieve its goals on “all of its planned interceptors and radar upgrades.”
“MDA also didn’t complete its planned flight, ground, or cyber tests for its systems,” it added.
The Government Accountability Office reported that the MDA had been falling short of its goals for several years.
It said, “23 previously issued recommendations” to the MDA had not yet been met, while “testing, transparency, and cost reporting” were all faltering.
The MDA only “partially met its sensor delivery goals,” and has “delayed operational acceptance of two radars” until later this year at the earliest, according to the report.
It noted that the operational delays sighted by GOA in MDA — the agency responsible for safeguarding Americans against airstrikes — had been going on for years and indicated that the repeated cancellation and postponement of the planned programs at the agency had been done intentionally.
The MDA “conducted less than half of its planned fiscal year 2022 testing,” including flight and ground tests that demonstrate whether or not the nation’s defense system can adequately fend off a potential missile barrage, GOA stated.
The MDA also intentionally reduced the scope of its cyber assessments and postponed other planned objectives for “future years,” setting America’s missile defense systems even further behind its military rivals in other countries, it added.
In the meantime, the Pentagon has warned its enemies are forging ahead with their missile programs with China achieving a twofold increase in the number of missiles in its arsenal capable of hitting the United States.
In related news, Russia announced that its military forces hit a US-built Patriot air defense system during a barrage of airstrikes targeting Ukraine’s capital, Kiev.
Russia announced last week that the highly publicized US-made missile defense system had not only failed to intercept Russian missiles but itself was destroyed in the attack.
Russian military forces used an advanced Russian-made hypersonic Kinzhal missile to destroy the Patriot air defense system in Kiev.
That’s why they gave away all your old weapons to the jewkraine – so that you could be forced to buy new ones – all provided by your owners at huge cost to you all. It’s just another way to financially rape you.
“We need more money”
So. We are worried about the inability of America to defend the skies when the bunch of deviants and total morons who make up the present day Armed Forces “protecting” America today are so busy being ‘Social Justice Warriors’ and cutting off their dicks and tits that they have no idea how to protect a country. When…not if…America is finally occupied by the illegal aliens being shipped in to be the first wave (cannon fodder) for the professional foreigners who will then manifest (We are being set up and destroyed by our own insane, perverse, treasonous filthy politicians), there will be only one defense and that is the reason for the push to ban all guns except the ones held by the moronic police state.
The only defense will be from old veterans who once believed in this country and true, moral and decent values. Many of us are aware that we have nothing more to lose. Our form of warfare will not be the way of cowards terrorizing citizen civilians. We will target those in control and those who actively support the treason. Aliens take note: you are not considered citizen civilians. You are, in fact, considered occupying hostile forces. It’s time to realize that we are not “going” to war; we are and have been for a long time “at war”. Make your decision now about who you are and what you believe because there is no turning back and life is going to get worse than you ever imagined, or could have ever imagined.
“Russia announced last week that the highly publicized US-made missile defense system had not only failed to intercept Russian missiles but itself was destroyed in the attack”.
What a bitch. I understand Ukraine fired 32 patriots in a attempt to hit Russian drones and missiles. In these attacks Russia fires decoys which spoof Ukrainian air defense. Well the Patriot system was destroyed. Send them another billion dollar Patriot battery and better luck next time.
Putin send your sharks around US coast !
No country has built enough long range missiles to properly attack the US anyway and likely never will.
First you fire enough missiles to destroy its Navy and 800 military bases world wide. Then you send enough to take out the electricity grid for months then attack its ports of trade. You would want a very capable missile defence system of your own to knock out the returning nukes. Not to mention attacking US Allies. To make that many world travelling conventional missiles would be expensive and time consuming. No country has those resources. However the US is vulnerable to nuclear attack but that’ll never happen either unless the US fires first which it won’t. So in reality missile defence systems on the mainland aren’t really needed. That’s why they haven’t invested in them lately.
If you where wondering how the pentagon pencil-necks would get the insane budget from the piddling $850 BILLION over the magic trillion mark, here’s your sign: Missile system in tatters, vulnerable to “threats from foreign adversaries.”
A radar guided, missile assisted, massive luchre hurl will take down the commie hypersonics, financing WILL be available.
That’s the Government Accountability Office representing American defense contractors.