Could America Prevent the Next Attack If Defense Is Cut – Again?
“The Department of Defense is not what’s causing the debt and the deficit. It’s the entitlement programs,” says former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in an… Read More
Articles by Erin Van de Voorde
Happy Birthday, Air Force
The Heritage Foundation is proud to wish the United States Air Force a happy 64th birthday. Sixty-four may not sound old in the context of… Read More
Will the Next Generation of Fighters Fly?
When it comes to the Pentagon’s acquisition process, the devil is in the details. Some details, however, can have deadly consequences for men and women… Read More
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Defending Defense: The Threat of the “Super Committee”
The situation looks bleak. The military faces hundreds of billions of dollars in defense cuts while being involved in three military engagements. On the horizon… Read More
Is the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Past the Turning Point?
At the 2011 Space and Missile Defense Conference in Huntsville, Alabama, one could sense increasing concerns from engineers and scientists who support and contribute to… Read More
Where Would Leon Panetta Lead America’s Military?
With Defense Secretary Robert Gates making his final rounds and Secretary of Defense nominee Leon Panetta headed to his Senate hearing tomorrow, the obvious question… Read More
Why the No-Fly Zone Won’t Fly
As Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi’s forces ramp up their attacks on rebel fighters, talks in the U.S. of a no-fly zone over the country are… Read More
Defending America: A Non-partisan Issue
Now that the President has abandoned the third missile defense site which was slated to be built in Poland, the question remains: what will be… Read More
Out of Excuses
Former director of the Missile Defense Agency General Trey Obering (ret.) took a USA Today article to task at a recent screening of 33 Minutes… Read More
Secretary Clinton’s Real Reset: Missile Defense
In a recent Associated Press article, Secretary Hillary Clinton’s trip to Europe and the Middle East showed improvement as far as missile defense is concerned…. Read More
