ポーランドのミサイル施設がウクライナ侵攻の重要な鍵だった、と。

SM-3は基本的に対IRBM用。そしてロシアはIRBMを持っていない。東欧イージスアショアは対イラン用です。ICBMの迎撃は無理ですよ。特に位置的に東欧イージスアショアからロシアのICBMを迎撃出来る要素が無い。上昇しながら“遠ざかって行く”目標を狙いに行くの、無理でしょう。 https://t.co/POxqDP4GQp

— JSF (@rockfish31) February 27, 2022

SM-3 もIRBMもICBMも・・・それらがなんだかよくわからないほど素人だが、NYTによると 

 On the Edge of a Polish Forest, Where Some of Putin’s Darkest Fears Lurk

A U.S. missile facility in Poland is at the heart of an issue animating the Kremlin’s calculations over whether to go to war against Ukraine.

Feb. 16, 2022

問題のポーランドの施設は今回のウクライナ侵攻の大きな要因になったほど重要な施設みたいだね。

But for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, the military base in Poland, and another in Romania, are evidence of what he sees as the threat posed by NATO’s eastward expansion — and part of his justification for his military encirclement of Ukraine. The Pentagon describes the two sites as defensive and unrelated to Russia, but the Kremlin believes they could be used to shoot down Russian rockets or to fire offensive cruise missiles at Moscow.

The Polish base, the heart of which is a system known as Aegis Ashore, contains sophisticated radars capable of tracking hostile missiles and guiding interceptor rockets to knock them out of the sky. It is also equipped with missile launchers known as MK 41s, which the Russians worry can be easily repurposed to fire offensive missiles like the Tomahawk.

Thomas Graham, who served as senior director for Russia on President George W. Bush’s National Security Council, said Moscow had never believed Washington’s assurances that its missile defense system was aimed at Iran, not Russia.

American assurances that only Iran need worry, however, were undermined during the Trump administration when the president stated that U.S. missile defense systems would “detect and destroy any missile launched against the United States anywhere, anytime, anyplace.”

Some independent experts, however, believe that while requiring a rejiggering of software and other changes, the MK 41 launchers installed in Poland and Romania can fire not only defensive interceptors but also offensive missiles.

要するに迎撃用、イラン用と言っているけど、攻撃用、ロシア用に転用できる、だから、ロシアは怒っていたんだ、ということじゃないの？