Eurasian Missile Defense Grid

In July 2031, China, Korea and Russia announced they would use AI to coordinate the construction and operation of a system of land and sea based lasers and railguns to intercept and destroy incoming enemy short, medium and long range missiles in flight. The system would also include space based military satellites capable of destroying ICBMs by firing lasers from orbit. The last part of system would require coordination between the various space agencies of the Shanghai Pact. AI would be able to destroy hyper-velocity missiles with pinpoint accuracy that could never be matched by humans. The participation of the United Islamic Republic in the Eurasian Missile Defense Grid or EMDG for short was limited due to the inferior technological capabilities of that nation and tensions with the other Shanghai Pact members over their commitment to gradually ending the use of fossil fuels by 2050 or 2060 in favor of green energy. China, Russia and Korea even feared they may one day need to use The Eurasian Missile Defense Grid to defend against a missile attack by the UIR. India and some of the nations of ASEAN expressed interest participating in the Eurasian Missile Defense Grid due to fears of a potential missile attack by the United Islamic Republic or the Caliphate.
The United States announced a similar system around roughly the same time that would initially cover itself and Canada.
Critics warned that the proliferation of anti-ballistic missile defense technology could end the threat of mutually assured destruction that had prevented the world's major powers from fighting each other directly in a conventional war since the mid-20th century.
Category:Military
Category:Eurasia
Category:Space