Business Week: "Is This Missile Defense An Eagle--Or An Albatross?"
Next-generation satellites are the eyes and ears of Star Wars. But this glitchy program may not survive.
"Nuclear-Tipped Interceptors Studied"
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has opened the door to the possible use of nuclear-tipped interceptors in a national missile defense system.
The Outlook for National Missile Defense
National missile defense, the multi billion dollar effort to acquire the capability to shoot down incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles before they reach their targets in the United States, is gaining political momentum
Colin Powell on Missile Defense
The issue on which Powell has worked hardest to close a gulf between himself and the president is Bush’s apparently devout belief in missile defense.
U.S. Missile Test Delayed For Technical, Not Political, Reasons
The United States delayed its next test of a missile defense system for technical reasons unrelated to concerns the test might violate the Antiballistic Missile treaty with Russia.
Rumsfeld on ABM Treaty: A Sugar Coated Red Herring?
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s statement today on national missile defense tests is both encouraging and discouraging.
Levin Introduces Separate Missile Defense Amendment
Last evening, Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) introduced as a separate bill (s 1439) the controversial provision in the Defense Authorization bill on missile defense.
History Says Hold Fire on Missile Defense
The absence of weapons proliferation is the great success of the 20th century.
The Early Missile Defense Deployment Option:Fort Greely, Alaska, in 2004
The Bush Administration has declared its intention to deploy a “rudimentary” national missile defense system at Fort Greely, Alaska, as early as 2004.
Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing: The ABM Treaty: Love it or Leave it?
That was the question repeatedly debated as the Senate Armed Services Committee held its third hearing in two weeks today on the Bush Administration’s missile defense plans.
Wolfowitz Delivers Misleading, Exaggerated NMD Testimony
Center for Arms Control & Non-Proliferation today accused Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz of delivering misleading testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee last Thursday to build support for national missile defense deployment.
'Fuzzy' Logic on Missile Defense
The Bush administration has drawn attention away from the four common-sense criteria by which an anti-missile system should be evaluated: cost, technological readiness, the level of the missile threat, and the likely effects on arms control and international security.
Is Alaskan Field the Home for Bush's Shield of Dreams?
The Administration’s latest plan is to build a new missile defense test facility at Fort Greely, Alaska that would be used to store interceptor missiles.
NMD will slow India's rise
The United States President, Mr. George W. Bush has found little support abroad for his costly and controversial National Missile Defence (NMD) proposal.
North Korean Offer Could Pave Way for New Missile Negotiations
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told a visiting delegation of European Union officials today that Pyongyang would continue its moratorium on ballistic missile tests.
Analysis of Missile Control Agreement between China and the U.S.
Last week, in a statement released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, China promised that it “has no intention to assist, in any way, any country in the development of ballistic missiles that can be used to deliver nuclear weapons."
National Missile Defense: The Dog That Never Barked
Council for a Livable World reports that National Missile Defense would not play a significant role in the 2000 election campaign.
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