Missile defense is the most expensive defense procurement program in history. Since President Reagan’s famous “Star Wars” speech in 1983, the U.S. has spent at least $120 billion on missile defense. Over the next five years, the Pentagon has requested another $62.5 billion for missile defense, with no end in sight.
If the next U.S. President […]
In March and April, the House National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee held three hearings on the national missile defense (NMD) system. Originally conceived by President Reagan, and known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (nicknamed Star Wars by critics), the concept of NMD was to use space-based interceptors or nuclear-bomb pumped lasers to shoot […]
The U.S. House recently passed a massive $504 billion defense authorization bill for 2008; that’s more than the rest of the world collectively spends on defense. Conspicuously absent from this bill was $764 million the Bush Administration wanted for missile defense research and development. While Congress should be applauded for their efforts to […]
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