National Missile Defense Technology Still Falls Short July 21, 2014 by Lt. General Robert Gard The United States has been attempting to develop a workable national missile defense capability since 1944, prompted initially by German V-2 ballistic missile attacks in Europe during World War II. The most recent initiative is the ground-based midcourse defense system, […]
An Easy Choice: Keep Talking to Iran
On CNN.com, Executive Director Angela Canterbury and National Advisory Board Member Brigadier General John H. Johns write that extending the nuclear negotiations with Iran is in U.S. national security interests. The talks, which have been extended until November 2014, have already produced a significant freeze on Iran’s nuclear activities.
Reshaping National Security: What Angela Canterbury Brings to the Table
Angela Canterbury, the new executive director of Council for a Livable World, was profiled on the blog of Ms. Magazine. In her interview with James Hildebrand, she discussed the Council’s work on national security issues as well as ways for women to be more involved in the field. [8/7]
Bloomberg News Story on Missile Defense Quotes Phil Coyle
Raytheon Warhead Production to Resume, Winnefeld Says July 11, 2014 by Tony Capaccio Raytheon Co. (RTN) will resume production of warheads for the Pentagon’s ground-based missile defense system by July 31 after the first successful interception of a dummy incoming missile since 2008, according to the military’s No. 2 official. The successful test last month […]
Foreign Policy Story on Iran Quotes Laicie Heeley
New Khamenei Demands Make Tough Iranian Nuke Talks Even Tougher July 8, 2014 by John Hudson, Colum Lynch Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has laid out an unusually detailed set of demands for what he would accept in a nuclear deal, further complicating the high-stakes efforts to reach an agreement before a July 20 […]
