Missile Defense: Lamborn and Franks’s Four-Point Plan
In a recent editorial piece in the Washington Examiner, Representatives Doug Lamborn (R–CO) and Trent Franks (R–AZ) propose a four-point plan to strengthen and advance… Read More
Articles by Jordan Harms
Iron Dome: A Defense Bargain
The Pentagon has recently requested more than $220 million in fiscal year (FY) 2014 to support Israel’s air defense system, known as “Iron Dome.” The… Read More
U.S. Missile Defense: A Force for Protection, Not Aggression
In a speech delivered Tuesday at the Russian embassy in London, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin claimed that the American missile defense shield no… Read More
Solar Flare: EMP Is Still a Threat
Last week, NASA observed the largest solar flare of the year. The coronal mass ejection was one “powerful enough to cause a brief radio blackout.”… Read More
Cutting the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Won’t Make Us Safer
President Obama is considering further unilateral cuts in the nuclear arsenal, but his disarmament policies will do nothing to make the world a safer place…. Read More
Heritage’s Carafano Sounds Alarm on North Korea Threat
New threats from North Korea bring the message of the documentary 33 Minutes to the forefront of the missile defense debate. The Heritage Foundation’s James… Read More
Kristol and Gillespie: Time to Get Serious on Missile Defense
On Fox News Sunday’s panel discussion on the North Korean situation, Republican strategist Ed Gillespie voiced concerns over the Obama Administration’s having “flipped on missile… Read More
Reagan’s Inspiring Words on Defense: “Peace through Strength”
Thirty years ago, President Ronald Reagan put forth a vision to reduce the danger of nuclear war by launching the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). Representative… Read More
The 30th Anniversary of SDI, President Reagan’s Visionary Idea
Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) speech in 1983 launched a program to eliminate the threat posed by a nuclear attack and set the groundwork… Read More
Obama’s Missile Defense Policy Reversal: Better Late Than Never
The Obama Administration’s decision to reinstate 14 ground-based interceptors (GBIs)—which it reduced in its first term—is a necessary but not sufficient response to the North… Read More
SecurityNews
The EMP Threat: Just a Scare?
A recent National Journal article discussed the likelihood of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) over the United States with skepticism, asking whether such activists and politicians… Read More
Chaos from the Sky: Why the EMP Threat Is Real
Two scholars from the congressionally mandated 2010 Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack make the case to… Read More
The Future of Warfare Requires Space Capabilities
There is strategic value in using space systems for military operations, which have changed the American way of warfare. Because of their immense value to… Read More
Global Zero is NOT the Way Forward
Lieutenant General James Kowalski, chief of Global Strike Command, stated that there was “head room” for safe cuts to the American nuclear arsenal, according to… Read More
Nuclear Deterrence: The Uncertain Future of the Creaky Missiles
Recently, Time magazine covered the aging status of the U.S. Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The article shone a spotlight on the problem of… Read More
