The author should have disclosed their affiliation more clearly at the top. But their arguments are solid, and I respect them putting their money where their mouth is.
Solid-fueled rockets should not be the backbone of our missile forces anymore. That doesn’t mean we get rid of them. But we should be adding mass-produced liquid-fueled missiles to the mix. And our entire rocket force shouldn’t be able to be nerfed by hitting one plant in Utah.
More like putting their mouth where their money is.
There are safety issues too. I once heard a story from a missileer about a wrench being dropped into a silo, which caused a leak. When the fuel leaks out, the structural integrity of the missile is lost. Two (low ranked) men were sent in, and they both died.
Solid fuel solves a lot of problems, and is really the best way to go.
Lastly, articles like this are irresponsible because they disclose facts that may not be known to the enemy, and the enemy can adjust their tactics to take advantage -- which is exactly what we've been seeing in Iran over the past month. Half of the US population is against anything that our president does, to the point of actually hoping that he fails in Iran, and supporting the opposition party's efforts to stop him. If that occurs, and the Iranians detonate a nuke, they will have helped create another holocaust.
A more relevant comparison (- the baiting) would be another Hiroshima or Nagasaki given that those are the only nukes that have been used against civilian targets...
Also: despite nethanyahu saying for the last 30yrs that they have nukes (look up the compilation it's quite funny) the only one party in the middle east that we are 100% sure of has nukes is Israel...
If Iran were to use a nuke it could easily start a chain reaction. Iran CURRENTLY has a billboard with a date for the erasure of Israel. They have a countdown clock. This is nothing like Hiroshima or Nagaski. Iran is targeting a country with over half the population of one ethnicity in the entire world. The 4.6million in greater Tel Aviv make up over 25% of all Jewish people in the entire world.
Iran's moderates in government pushed students off roofs to their deaths. That is the moderate Islamic Republic position and are not people that should have access to nuclear weapons.
If any nation used a nuke it would easily start a chain reaction.
Israeli politicians, statesmen etc have often talked about greater israel and dehumanizing about Palestine... So yeah countless videos/ interviews / written scenarios but a billboard omg !!! The nerve... It's not like a current and still minister saying during an interview that all palestinians are animals... Definitely not in the democracy that is Israel, a person like that would be immediately thrown out right ?
Who cares about ethinicity? You apparently do. 1 human civilian = 1 human civilian I don't care about ethnicity. Guess who cared about ethnicity and is responsible for one of the worst slaughters in the world... Seems like it would be a bad thing to focus too much on that...
Israeli soldiers have killed people in ambulances, children, elderly etc.
Why should israel have nuclear weapons ?
But don't you see? Information wants to be free!
Aren't they selling their product?