Dec 28, 2007
Congress's failure to end the disastrous Iraq War in 2007 masked a series of less visible but nonetheless important triumphs on national security issues.
Dec 3, 2007
The recent MDA intercept of a missile lacking even foreseeable countermeasures should be seen for what it is: an agenda-ridden operation to boost support for a program that has done little to improve our security.
Aug 8, 2007
In his article "Missile Defense Hits the Mark: Increasing Success Undermines Critics" (Defense News, July 23, 2007), Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), carries the traditional and laudable "can-do" attitude of the military too far.
Jul 16, 2007
The Bush Administration has announced its intention to build a national missile defense complex in Europe to supplement current deployments of the system's components.
Jul 9, 2007
The Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) completed its markup of S. 1585, the FY2008 Defense Authorization bill, on May 25, 2007.
Jun 22, 2007
The Bush administration has announced its intention to build a national missile defense complex in Europe to supplement current deployments of the system's components, including interceptor sites in Alaska and California.
Nov 15, 2006
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that spending for the missile defense system will peak at $18 billion in 2016.
Aug 10, 2006
The recent missile launches by North Korea and Hezbollah's rocket attacks on Israel underline the extreme difficulty in defending against missiles of all ranges and the fact that despite more than 50 years of research, the United States has yet to deploy an effective and reliable missile defense system.
Jul 7, 2006
The Pentagon's ground-based, mid-course missile defense system (GMD), formerly called by the more descriptive name National Missile Defense, is being developed and deployed to intercept one or a very few warheads launched by inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBM)
Feb 2, 2005
The Bush Administration planned to deploy a National Missile Defense in 2004, claiming that it could protect the United States from a small attack from North
Korean nuclear-tipped missiles.
May 3, 2004
The initial deployment of land-based interceptors designed to smash into enemy warheads headed toward the U.S. is scheduled for calendar 2004.
Apr 14, 2004
President George W. Bush declared the potential threat of ballistic missile attacks the “most urgent threat” facing the United States and his administration acted accordingly.
Apr 14, 2004
Until September 11, the top national security priority of the Bush administration had been the development and deployment of a national missile defense system.
Mar 30, 2004
It appears prudent to divert funds from the national missile defense program to securing WMD sites and protecting our borders, especially the funding to deploy an uncertain national missile defense capability, before it is proved effective by operational testing, against an unlikely long-range missile attack by a rogue state.
Mar 26, 2004
The announcement of the public release of the Open Letter is the culmination of an eight month intensive study of the planned deployment.
Mar 12, 2004
The Pentagon has taken some steps toward more realistic testing of the antimissile system that it plans to deploy this year to protect the United States, but many aspects of the system remain to be tested, according to a congressional report.
Mar 11, 2004
The initial deployment of land-based interceptors designed to smash into enemy warheads headed toward the U.S. is scheduled for calendar 2004.
Mar 11, 2004
"The administration’s missile defense plans are at odds with long-standing acquisition laws," said Levin.
Feb 3, 2004
Two experts question the remote prospect that the missile defense system would be effective.
Dec 4, 2003
President Bush has announced plans to begin deployment of a strategic missile defense by September 30, 2004. The initial deployment will include six silos at Fort Greely, Alaska, and four at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California; each silo will contain one interceptor missile.
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