Senate’s biggest defense hawk isn’t pushing as hard as his House counterparts are for more robust nuclear development and missile defense. John Isaacs weighs in for the National Journal.
John Isaacs Quoted on Anti-Russian Missile Defense in Europe
US Anti-Russian Missile Deployment in Europe Would Be Costly Read the full article at Sputnik International Experts claim that US missile deployment in Europe to counter alleged Russian violations of would be a costly and time-prohibitive endeavour that not all NATO allies would welcome. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US missile deployment in Europe to counter alleged […]
John Isaacs Discusses Missile Defense in Interview with WAFF-TV (AL)
by John Isaacs Watch John Isaacs discuss the shortfalls of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) anti-ballistic missile system in an interview with WAFF-TV, a Huntsville, Alabama station. Huntsville is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command. Of the GMD, Isaacs says, “Despite many many billions of […]
The Economist Story on Missile Defense Quotes Kingston Reif and Phil Coyle
The Unsheltering Sky As test flights go, FTG-06b was a dazzling affair. The mission was part of a programme called Ground-based Midcourse Defence (GMD), which is supposed to provide America’s main shield against intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with a range beyond 5,500km (3,418 miles). FTG-06b involved the launch (pictured opposite) on June 22nd from Vandenberg […]
Military intervention can’t solve the political issues in Iraq
by Angela Canterbury In his Aug. 12 op-ed column, “The left’s slippery slope,” Richard Cohen attacked the Council for a Livable World and our research organization, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, as “isolationist and selfish.” Our opposition to U.S. military escalation in Iraq is rooted in protecting human life. Our hearts go out to […]