Scare Tactics Don’t Work on Nukes By John Isaacs June 18, 2014 In “Keeping the Bear at Bay,” Peter Roff uses decades old scare tactics in support of missile defense – a program many call “unreliable” but I call a “failure.” The Patriot and Iron Dome systems are many times less complex than a missile […]

Canada urged to join controversial U.S. missile shield June 16, 2014 by David Pugliese and Robert Sibley Canada should join the United States as a full and willing partner in developing a ballistic missile defence system, according to a report from the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence. “The committee is unanimous in recommending […]

$40-billion missile defense system proves unreliable By: David Willman June 15, 2014 With a convulsive rumble, followed by billowing flames and exhaust, a sleek 60-foot rocket emerged from its silo at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. It was a test of the backbone of the nation’s missile defense system. If North Korea or Iran ever […]

US missile defense system unreliable in tests. June 15, 2014 The U.S. missile defense system can’t be relied on to hit its targets even in scripted tests a decade after it was declared operational and despite $40 billion spent, according to a newspaper’s investigation. The Los Angeles Times found that officials overstated the reliability of […]

Intercept Test Of Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle Will Guide GMD Future By: Jen Judson and John Liang June 16, 2014 The troubled Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System program will “shortly” undertake an intercept test of its Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, according to the Pentagon’s director of missile defense policy. The intercept test will guide the Missile Defense Agency […]