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
