Russia's defence systems too dumb to cope with defence missiles in Poland

For once I would like to praise Poland for standing up to what is possibly nothing but Russian bullying. I am vehemently against the expansion of the nuclear shield in Eastern Europe, but Russia's claim that a launch of a defense missile might be interpreted by the Russian radars as a ballistic launch and trigger a nuclear response amounts to the following statement: "Our dumb and out-dated nukes, run by cranky computers and not-so-bright officers might make a mountain out of a molehill and launch a payload of destruction for no reason". The obvious response to such moronism is dismissal.

The solution is information sharing. Establish a connection telling the dumb Russian computers that the launch is not ballistic. The Cold War is over (militarywise, not informationwise) and I really doubt anyone would use that kind of link to decoy the Russians while some nuke flies to Moscow. Come on! Alternatively, Russia might actually update some of its systems. Why not?

The shield's expansion is a crap idea, but it's a matter to be resolved between NATO members. Russia has made its point and its proposals. Now it's telling us its systems are too dumb to spot a defence missile from a ballistic one. Geez!