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Missile Defense Agreement With the Czech Republic VIDEO PODCAST
2008-07-09 20:40:00 Remarks With Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg At Baltic Management Development Association Signing Ceremony. Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Prague, Czech Republic. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLEMODERATOR: (Via interpreter.) Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to welcome you at the ceremony of the signature of the agreement between Czech Republic and the United States of America on the establishment of the radar station of missile defense system of the United States and the Czech Republic. The agreement will be signed by Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on behalf of the Czech Republic and on behalf of the United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.(The agreement was signed.) (Applause.)MODERATOR: (Via interpreter.) The agreement has been signed and now, there will be a short speech by the Foreign Minister of Czech Republic Karel Schwarzenberg.FOREIGN MINISTER SCHWARZENBERG: (Via interpreter.) (Inaudible) Secretary, ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor and pleasure for me t...
Missile Defense Monitor
2008-05-30 18:27:00 The following is a summary of recent non-National Defense Authorization Act-related missile defense news and developments. 1) According to a new study conducted by the Center for Business & Economic Research (CBER) at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, the economic impacts of the Boeing Company?s work on Ground Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) in Alabama in 2007 include: Nearly 5,600 direct and indirect jobs $80 million payroll $198 million in Alabama household earnings 38 jobs created in the state for every 10 Boeing GMD jobs The highly skilled, high-income GMD program work force... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Missile Defense Highlights of House Armed Services Committee Mark-Up of H.R
2008-05-20 06:21:00 Last Wednesday (May 14), the House Armed Services Committee completed its mark-up of the FY 2009 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 5658). A summary of the bill can be found here and the full text of the bill can be found here. For a summary of the Senate Armed Services Committee?s mark-up, see here. Under the leadership of Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO), and Ranking Member Duncan Hunter (R-CA), the Committee authorized approximately $10.2 billion for ballistic missile defense, a reduction of $719 million from the administration?s request and an increase of $212 million over the current... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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President Medvedev Pledges Missile Defense
2008-05-16 14:42:00 President Dimitry Medvedev made his first trip to inspect missile defense systems in his nation, a visit that underscored the strategic role of nuclear arms in the country’s assertive world policy. The Russian government has been concerned over the Bush plan to establish missile bases in Pland and the Czech Republic which supposedly are to ...
Highlights of House and Senate Committee Action on Missile Defense
2008-05-12 06:40:00 There?s been a lot of action on missile defense funding in Congress over the past two weeks. The Senate Armed Services Committee and the House Strategic Forces Subcommittee completed their mark-ups of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2009 on April 30 and May 7, respectively. In what follows I will highlight the most important budget recommendations, and then conclude with my analysis of these recommendations. S. 2787 Under the leadership of the Chairman Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the Senate Armed Services Strategic Forces... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Highlights of Third House Hearing on Missile Defense
2008-05-06 22:35:00 Last Wednesday (April 30), the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing entitled, ?Questions for the Missile Defense Agency: Oversight of Missile Defense (Part 3)? (A summary of Parts 1 and 2 can be found here and here, respectively). Wednesday?s hearing was the third in the Committee?s series on America?s missile defense program. The witness list for the hearing was broken up into two panels. Panel 1 consisted of Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Lieutenant General Henry A. ?Trey? Obering III while Panel 2 included Philip E. Coyle, III (Assistant Secretary... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Israel to install AA missile defense on airliners.
2008-04-24 23:26:00 According to reports, Israel will be outfitting its airliners with defense systems designed to thwart missile attacks. The defense will probably be a system with flares, designed to distract an incoming missile's heat-seeking mechanism. It will be installed first on planes flying to destinations considered dangerous, i.e Africa and parts of Asia. The need for a missile defense system was recognized in 2002, when an Israeli passenger jet was targeted after takeoff by Islamic militants using shoulder-fired missiles outside Mombasa, Kenya. The rockets missed, but spurred Israel to find a way to protect its airliners with a defense similar to that already used by its air force. (The picture does not show an Israeli airliner, anyone reasonably familiar with aircraft can see that, we just wanted to show you what firing a massive bunch of protective flares looks like.) Then imagine this over airports all over the world...
By: Smart Stuff
Highlights of Second House Hearing on Missile Defense
2008-04-24 18:18:00 Last Thursday (April 16), the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing entitled, ?What are the Prospects, What are the Costs?: Oversight of Missile Defense (Part 2)? (A summary of Part 1 can be found here). In his opening statement, committee Chairman John Tierney (D-MA) described the purpose of the hearing as an effort to ?tackle head-on the questions of what are the prospects of our current missile defense efforts and at what are the costs.? The witness list for the hearing included Dr. Lisbeth Gronlund (Senior Scientist and Co-Director of the Global Security... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Missile Defense Highlights of Bush-Putin Sochi Meeting
2008-04-08 16:04:00 On Sunday, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled a joint ?U.S.-Russia Strategic Framework Declaration.? The Declaration addresses a number of issues central to U.S.-Russia relations, including missile defense, the proliferation of WMD, arms control and disarmament, Iran, North Korea, achieving WTO accession for Russia, and climate change. The full text of the Strategic Framework can be found here and the transcript of the President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin news conference Sunday in Sochi can be found here. In this post I will focus exclusively on the... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Bush, Putin remain apart on U.S. missile defense plan
2008-04-06 11:24:00 SOCHI, Russia (AP) - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to resolve their differences over a U.S. missile defense system at a farewell meeting on Sunday, with Bush insisting the system to be built in Eastern Europe is not aimed
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Bush, Putin open talks as White House drops hopes on missile defense
2008-04-05 20:10:00 SOCHI, Russia - President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin opened suspenseful farewell talks Saturday as the White House dropped hopes they would resolve differences on U.S. missile defense plans, one of the most contentious issues in a long
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Missile Defense Deal Unlikely in Russia
2008-04-05 16:35:00 (AP) — The White House said Saturday it does not expect President Bush’s weekend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to produce a deal for a missile defense system the U.S. wants to place in Europe. Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino said more negotiations will be needed to reach an agreement after the leaders meet at the ...
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Russia voices ?new concerns? over missile defense
2008-04-05 13:48:00 Russian President Vladimir Putin today warned that he sees NATO expansion up to his border as a “direct threat” but struck a friendly tone toward the West as he rejected the notion of a second Cold War. “The appearance of a powerful military bloc along our borders would be taken in Russia as a direct threat ...
By: 1913 Intel
Has NATO Really Endorsed U.S. Plans for Missile Defense?
2008-04-04 23:47:00 Friday?s media reports out of Bucharest suggest a major triumph for President Bush on missile defense. According to the Washington Post: President Bush advanced his plans Thursday to build a controversial missile defense shield in Eastern Europe by winning the unanimous backing of NATO allies and sealing a deal with the Czech Republic to build a radar facility for the system on its soil. Bush?s success in winning over once-skeptical European governments bolsters his position heading into talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has denounced the shield as the start of a new arms... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Russia to US: Scrap Missile Defense
2008-03-27 23:20:00 Russia's foreign minister laid out a tough negotiating position on America's missile defense plans Thursday ahead of a visit by President Bush, saying the best solution would be for the U.S. to scrap the idea altogether. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russian experts were studying the latest U.S. plans?intended to ease Russian concerns about the proposed missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic?but he reaffirmed Moscow's call for Washington to drop them. "We are convinced that the best way to assuage Russia's concerns ... will be to abandon such plans and turn to a truly collective project," Lavrov told reporters. Bush, Putin to discuss Cold War treaties next month: report And what are you giving us in return? You're already building a nuclear plant in Iran. How about this? We abandon the missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, and you drop all present and future plans for nuclear reactors in Iran. It's win-win really. If Iran can't bu...
Star Wars Turns 25 Years Old, but Effective and Capable Missile Defense Sti
2008-03-26 20:35:00 The Center's senior military fellow Gen. Robert Gard and director John Isaacs released today a phenomenal report on America's missile defense program. The analysis covers Congressional, scientific, governmental, and military support for and opposition to a national missile defense program from Reagan's push in 1983 to the present administration. The authors conclude that no elements of the ground-based system should be deployed until they are proven effective at accomplishing their mission, and capable of protecting the United States. Highlights included here, and links found below:... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Israel test fires missile defense system
2008-03-19 03:46:00 Last week, Israel test fired a missile capable of intercepting short range rockets used by terrorists in Gaza, and Hezbollah, in Lebanon. The weapons system is projected to be operational by 2010. Yet another great weapon against terror, the project, dubbed “Iron Dome” was funded with more than $200 million USD, with a given range ...
Why Missile Defense Upsets Russia
2008-03-18 14:40:00 Center Scoville Fellow and Nukes of Hazard contributer Kingston Reif published an excellent letter to the editor today in the Washington Post in response to comments about Russian perceptions of the American planned third site in Europe. Full text provided here: In the March 13 op-ed "Moscow's Missile Gambit," Robert Joseph and J.D. Crouch II said the United States should proceed with plans to place missile interceptors and their supporting radar systems in Europe regardless of Russian opposition. A fundamental assumption underlying their argument is that Russia's strategic objections to the... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Another Step Closer to Third Missile Defense Site
2008-03-14 21:52:00 After Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's visit to Washington this week, the Bush administration, though still far from a final deal, is one step closer to having its third missile defense site in Europe. The FY 2008 Defense Authorization bill required before any funding was provided for the site that the Polish and Czech governments approve the deal and that the US Congress must have 45 days to object to its components, and that the Secretary of Defense submit a report to Congress certifying that the interceptors work. Last week, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek and President Bush... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Highlights of House Hearing on Missile Defense
2008-03-12 00:43:00 On March 5, the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing entitled, ?Oversight of Ballistic Missile Defense (Part 1): Threats, Realities, and Tradeoffs.? In his opening statement, Subcommittee Chairman John Tierney (D-MA) described the hearing as the beginning of ?a robust and concerted investigation into the rationale for missile defense; its costs, benefits and technical obstacles; and the accountability, transparency and testing regime of the Missile Defense Agency.? The specific purpose of this first oversight hearing was to examine ?the potential threat our... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Bush, Tusk Closer on Missile Defense - The Associated Press
2008-03-11 00:00:00 BBC NewsBush, Tusk Closer on Missile DefenseThe Associated Press -53 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said President Bush has removed key stumbling blocks in negotiations to allow US missile defense interceptors on Polish soil.Bush agrees US will help modernize Polish militaryReutersPolish-US talks focus on defenceBBC NewsVoice ...
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Ballistic Missile Defense: An Update
2008-03-05 01:16:00 The last few weeks have witnessed some important developments in the arena of ballistic missile defense. Significantly, during his recent visit to the United States, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek announced that U.S. and Czech negotiators are nearing an agreement on placing an early warning radar base in the Czech Republic. Recall that in January 2007, the Bush administration asked that formal negotiations begin on the proposed deployment of a ground-based mid-course defense (GMD) element of the larger Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) in Europe to defend against an Iranian... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Poland, Russia, USA, And Missile Defense Systems
2008-01-31 18:06:00 The Polish government is engaged in a flurry of activity to cover all bases regarding the proposed installation on their territory of missiles by the United States government. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski rushed to Moscow to reassure the Russians not to worry about having missiles a few hundred miles away. Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov assured ...
Bush?s Missile Defense Plan May Not Fly in Europe
2008-01-25 07:49:00 The White House’s plan to expand the U.S. ballistic missile defense shield to Europe is running into difficulties as the clock ticks down on George W. Bush’s presidency. European governments have started a time-honored exercise in political expediency: distancing themselves from what is increasingly seen as a lame-duck U.S. administration. And the antimissile system could ...
By: 1913 Intel
US Missile Defense May Involve South Korea
2008-01-20 23:40:00 US Missile Defense May Involve S. Korea Korea Times, South Korea - 12 hours ago Korea has not participated in the MD, aimed at intercepting high-altitude ballistic missiles due to the opposition of North Korea, China and Russia and … Seoul to equip ships to intercept NKorea missiles: report AFP UPI NewsTrack TopNews United Press International all 10 news articles »
By: 1913 Intel
Polish PM says Warsaw in no hurry on US missile defense base; says ?
2008-01-07 15:09:00 Polish PM says Warsaw in no hurry on US missile defense base; says … International Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour ago Russia, however, fiercely opposes such an installation so close to its territory, and has threatened to target the base in Poland with missiles. … Poland signals a shift on US missile shield International Herald Tribune Warsaw has not Made ...
By: 1913 Intel
Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Focus: BMD around the world ? Part 1
2008-01-03 15:00:00 2007 was a year when major industrial nations divided into tortoises and hares in their policies towards ballistic missile defense. The United States led the hares, with a banner year in progress on its many BMD programs. With much less publicity but solid achievement, Russia quietly moved at the very least into second place. The first ...
By: 1913 Intel
South Korea Opposes Joining US Missile Defense System
2008-01-03 14:52:00 Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo Thursday expressed his objection to the idea of joining the U.S.-led global missile defense network aimed at intercepting high-altitude ballistic missiles, citing financial problems. “To participate (in the U.S. missile defense shield), we have to purchase state-of-the-art early warning `systems’ and missile interceptors that require a big budget,” Kim told a press ...
By: 1913 Intel
India?s ballistic missile defense capabilities and future threats
2007-12-29 05:43:00 China has also been helping Pakistan in its missile program since the beginning. China has provided at least 30 M-11 missile and its components to Pakistan, which is capable of carrying nuclear weapon up to a range of 300km. China is also building missile production facility in Pakistan.. Today many analysts have raised concerns that ...
By: 1913 Intel
National Missile Defense
2007-12-27 18:14:00 Iran announced that by 2015 it will have a missile capable of reaching the United States. To counter this threat, President Bush strongly advocates the development of the National Missile Defense system (NMD) that would entail interceptor bases in Europe. The network has alarmed Vladimir Putin because its existence could negate the deterrence threat of Russia's nuclear arsenal. Domestically, many question the feasibility of the NMD and whether it is in the spirit of the seemingly forgotten large scale disarmament.
India ballistic missile defense capabilities & future threats
2007-12-18 05:03:00 China has put India’s northern region under threat through reorganizing its missile facilities near Delingha in Qinghai province. According to recent satellite images, China is putting medium range missiles in this area which have a range of over 2500km. The deployment of medium range ballistic missiles in this region could put northern India, including New ...
By: 1913 Intel
Biden and Richardson Highlight Cuts to Missile Defense and RRW in Dem Prez
2007-12-15 20:12:00 Like the recent Republican presidential debates, Thursday?s Democratic presidential debate in Iowa featured little discussion of nuke and nonpro issues. There was no mention, for instance, of Iran or the recently released NIE on Iran?s nuclear weapons programs. The debate (transcript here) instead focused mainly on domestic issues and the few references to nuke and nonpro issues were couched in those terms. On how to balance the budget, Biden responded by highlighting cuts to several contentious programs, including missile defense and RRW: BIDEN: ? Just by eliminating the [Iraq] war,... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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New Sparks in Missile Defense
2007-11-30 06:34:00 Several new issues have arisen regarding the controversial third missile defense site planned for Europe since Nukes of Hazard's last summary post on the subject. Two weeks ago, a senior Russian general announced a potential retaliatory measure to the site. The following week, Rick Lehner, spokesperson for the Missile Defense Agency, critically responded to comments by Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) on their purpose. And this week, Russia claimed that U.S. proposals aimed at cooperation between the two nations did not live up to the plans that had emerged from earlier discussions. ... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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National Missile Defense
2007-10-24 17:36:00 Iran announced that by 2015 it will have a missile capable of reaching the United States. To counter this threat, President Bush strongly advocates the development of the National Missile Defense system (NMD) that would entail interceptor bases in Europe. The network has alarmed Vladimir Putin because its existence could negate the deterrence threat of Russia's nuclear arsenal. Domestically, many question the feasibility of the NMD and whether it is in the spirit of the seemingly forgotten large scale disarmament.
Philip Coyle on Proposed Missile Defense Cuts
2007-10-15 20:51:00 A little bit delayed but member of the Center's National Advisory Board and senior adviser at CDI, Philip Coyle, recently put out a terrific piece in Defense News (password required) on the proposed cuts to the missile defense sites in Eastern Europe and the Airborne Laser program. Missile Defense Folly: Cuts to Proposed U.S. Site in Europe, ABL, Well Aimed By Philip Coyle Defense News October 1, 2007 U.S. lawmakers have cut the weakest portions of the president?s $10 billion-plus missile defense spending request for 2008: funding for the proposed U.S. missile defense sites in... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Russia concerned over joint Japan-U.S. missile defense effort
2007-10-13 18:27:00 TOKYO: Russia is concerned that a Japanese-U.S. missile defense plan could be an effort to preserve military superiority, Moscow’s foreign minister said in a news interview published Saturday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow regarded the joint missile defense effort as an “object of concern,” expressing wariness over what he called the possibility that the system ...
By: 1913 Intel
US-Russia Missile Defense Talks Fail
2007-10-12 17:36:00 newsvine.com: High-level talks Friday between the United States and Russia failed to bridge major differences over U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Europe and a range of strategic arms issues. After a series of tense meetings that began with a blunt rebuff from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and ...
By: Thought-Blender
Senator Kyl Attempts to Sell Space-Based Missile Defense as Satellite Prote
2007-10-08 21:45:00 Last week, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) attempted to amend the Senate Defense Appropriations bill to re-insert funding for the "space-based test bed" -- preliminary research into the development of three or more prototype weaponized satellites designed to intercept ballistic missiles launched from the ground. Kyl's case for funding the project was that it was a step towards the development of active defenses for American satellites against anti-satellite weapons, and that it was not necessarily a missile defense project. However, an examination of the budget request for the test bed casts serious... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Administration?s Missile Defense Angers European Lawmakers, US ?
2007-10-06 03:16:00 Administration’s Missile Defense Angers European Lawmakers, US … AHN - 9 hours ago In published reports they say that US interceptors based in Poland would be fast enough to intercept some Russian missiles and point out that any initial US … US Missile Defense Plans for Europe Debated and Evaluated in Arms … netPR.pl (komunikaty prasowe) US proposes working with ...
By: 1913 Intel
Missile Defense Agency Test Successful VIDEO
2007-10-04 03:21:00 Missile Defense Exercise and Flight Test Successfully Completed, FULL STREAMING VIDEOThe Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced today it has completed an important exercise and flight test involving a successful intercept by a ground-based interceptor missile designed to protect the United States against a limited long-range ballistic missile attack. The flight test results will help to further improve and refine the performance of numerous Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)elements able to provide a defense against the type of long-range ballistic missile that could be used to attack an American city with a weapon of mass destruction.The interceptor was launched from the Ronald W. Reagan Missile Defense Site, located at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. For this exercise, a threat-representative target missile was launched from Kodiak, Alaska.The exercise was designed to evaluate the performance of several elements of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Mission object...
Video: US tests missile defense system
2007-10-03 01:45:00 Very Cool! Must Watch! This makes me feel safer living in California. Successful test: US intercept of ballistic missile in space Boeing announced this weekend a successful intercept of a ballistic missile in space of its mission representative exo-atmospheric kill vehicle. In the past, there would have been much made of this successful test, but now, it?s ...
Russian Bomber Flights: The Real Cost of Missile Defense?
2007-09-17 07:03:00 Last week, British fighters flew to intercept eight Russian bombers approaching British air space in what the Times of London called "the biggest aerial confrontation between the two countries since the end of the Cold War." Aerial starring matches like this were standard during the Cold War, but had been relatively unknown since then. In August, Putin resumed the practice of regular patrols over international waters by nuclear-capable Tu-95 bombers, leading to several incidents like this one involving Britain, the United States, Norway, and Canada. State Department spokesman Sean... [This is a content summary only. Click on the above link for the full post.]
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Missile Defense Strains U.S.-Russia Ties
2007-09-16 17:04:00 Vladimir Putin must at times feel like he is living in one of his worst nightmares with the former Soviet satellite countries eager to join NATO and offering the US space at former Soviet military bases. Poland and Czechoslovakia are just two of the latest east European countries to woo America for a military presence in their territory. The bases in question would be for anti-ballistic missile hardware ostensibly to guard against Iran. Putin feels it to be a direct threat to RussiaÂ’s nuclear forces. And what he sees as possibly an equal threat is being drawn into another cold war style contest of military hardware buildup in the missile and anti-missile fields. And this is a contest he knows he can not successfully compete in. The old Soviet Union managed nuclear parity with the west by virtually bankrupting the rest of the country to pay for it. Putin knows he has nowhere near the resources nor the political clout to do so today. Russia has always had an anti missile shield that ...
Kissinger: Russian-NATO Missile Defense Proposal Unprecedented
2007-08-11 15:49:00 Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, in an Op-Ed in The Washington Post, calls Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for NATO-Russian cooperation on missile defense “a bold initiative.” VOA’s Suzanne Presto talked with Kissinger on his views about this issue in New York. Mr. Putin has proposed the creation of a new missile defense-plan that ...
By: 1913 Intel
Lt. Gen. Robert Gard: Obering Overstates Missile Defense
2007-08-09 22:13:00 The Center?s Lt. General Robert Gard (USA, ret.) today released a trenchant analysis criticizing recent assertions made by Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, director of the U.S. Missile Defense... Nukes of Hazard is a project of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. It provides a view from the Hill to Congressional action on nuclear weapons and nonproliferation issues.
By: Nukes of Hazard
Israel expects good missile defense
2007-08-01 04:01:00 Israeli military analysts have concluded that Syria learned the lesson of the Lebanon war and would focus on such strikes in case of a new war. Israel already has an operational system, called Arrow, against long-range ballistic missiles, including Iranian missiles with nuclear warheads. Read More…
By: 1913 Intel
House Appropriations Committee Cuts RRW and European Missile Defense Site
2007-07-31 21:56:00 The House Appropriations Committee has zeroed out the $30 million Navy request for the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW), as you can see at item #165 from the Explanation of Project Level... Nukes of Hazard is a project of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. It provides a view from the Hill to Congressional action on nuclear weapons and nonproliferation issues.
By: Nukes of Hazard
Britain to let U.S. use base for missile shield
2007-07-27 04:34:00 LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will allow the United States to use an air force base in northern England as part of its upgraded missile defence shield, its defence minister said on Wednesday, saying the move would be good for Britain. “Missile defence systems are just that — defensive,” Defence Secretary Des Browne said in a statement. “They ...
By: 1913 Intel
Gen. Gard: National Missile Defense in Europe Premature and Unwise
2007-07-18 22:29:00 The Center?s Lt. General Robert Gard (USA, ret.) put out an insightful report on missile defense this week. Titled National Missile Defense In Europe: Premature and Unwise, the full report is... Nukes of Hazard is a project of the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation. It provides a view from the Hill to Congressional action on nuclear weapons and nonproliferation issues.
By: Nukes of Hazard
Iran Establishes Missile Defense Shield in Syria
2007-06-26 00:28:00 iran is deploying missiles in Syria in preparation for military action if it is attacked over its nuclear program, U.N. officials in the region said.Under a mutual defense pact signed between Damascus and Tehran in 2005, Syria agreed to the deployment of sophisticated weaponry on its territory. The Iranians have now decided to implement the agreement following ... |
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