Missile Defense: House Overwhelmingly Approves a Third Site
The House of Representatives voted 416–1 this week to approve construction of a third U.S. missile defense site. The Heritage Foundation has advocated a missile… Read More
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Missile Defense as a Response to Russia
Daniel Gouré’s recent op-ed for the Lexington Institute offers a compelling alternative to the Obama Administration’s weak-kneed response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Gouré advocates… Read More
Missile Defense in Romania Upsets Russia
The United States and Romania recently began construction on a Romanian-based missile defense system, also known as Aegis Ashore. This critical event is requisite to… Read More
Missile Defense: Aegis Does It Again
Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) program recently marked its 26th overall successful medium-range missile intercept—the fifth successful test of the next generation SM-3 Block IB. The… Read More
Aegis Missile Defense: Sailing Toward Another Successful Intercept
Last week, the Aegis ballistic missile defense system successfully intercepted a complex separating short-range ballistic missile target. A rigorous testing program is essential for getting… Read More
Missile Defense: Another Successful U.S. Test
Last Wednesday, off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii, the Navy cruiser USS Lake Erie conducted a successful test of the next-generation missile defense weapon, engaging… Read More
Missile Defense: East Coast Is Less Protected
Last week, 16 House Republicans called for including as much as $250 million for the U.S. East Coast missile defense site. This is a step… Read More
North Korean Threat: Another U.S. Reversal
The U.S. recently decided to move one of its most powerful radars, the Sea-Based X-Band radar (SBX), closer to North Korea to monitor the country’s… Read More
North Korean Threat: Obama Administration Undermines Missile Defense
Yesterday, White House spokesman Jay Carney asserted that the U.S. is “fully capable of defending itself” against a North Korean ballistic missile attack. Carney didn’t… Read More
SM-3 Reductions: A Gift to Iran
In a recent article, Jeff Stier, a senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, argued that the Administration’s proposal in the fiscal… Read More
SM-3 Necesssary and Effective, But Not Sufficient, for Missile Defense
Once again, George N. Lewis and Theodore A. Postol are asserting that midcourse missile defense interceptors will not work. This latest attack on the missile… Read More
