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December 22, 2016

Science Fellow Philip Coyle Quoted in the Los Angeles Times

Read the full piece in the Los Angeles Times.

Philip E. Coyle III, a former assistant secretary of Defense who headed the Pentagon office responsible for testing and evaluating weapon systems, described the notion of a space-based nuclear shield as “a sham.”

“To do this would cost just gazillions and gazillions,” Coyle said. “The technology isn’t at hand — nor is the money. It’s unfortunate from my point of view that the Congress doesn’t see that.”

Read the full piece in the Los Angeles Times.

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