Guam Legislators Want Missile Defenses Made Permanent By Rachel Oswald July 9, 2013 WASHINGTON — A number of Guam legislators are calling for the U.S. military to leave in place on their island ballistic missile defenses that were set up on a temporary basis this spring amid saber-rattling by North Korea. Last week, a trio […]

Another Missile Defense Test, Another Failure By Matt Bewig July 7, 2013 Thirty years of work and $170 billion of taxpayer funding yielded yet another failure last week for the Pentagon’s missile interceptor program, the direct descendant of President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative. Popularly known as “Star Wars” after supporters made over-hyped, sci-fi fanciful […]

Missile Defense Interceptor Misses Target in Test By Thom Shanker July 5, 2013 WASHINGTON — A test launching of an advanced missile-defense interceptor failed to hit its target high over the Pacific Ocean, the Pentagon said on Friday, four months after the Obama administration announced that it would spend $1 billion to increase the number […]

Washington Whispers: Senate Appropriators Reverse Obama’s Nuclear Non-Proliferation Cuts June 26, 2013 By Steven Nelson US News and World Report Earlier this year President Barack Obama presented a budget proposal to Congress that included across-the-board cuts to nuclear non-proliferation programs. The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended Thursday that some of those cuts be reversed. Among the […]

Congress Pushes Back Against White House on Nukes, Syria By Paul McLeary June 26, 2013 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration faced renewed heat from Congress last week on a number of national security fronts, ranging from the president’s new proposal for reducing US and Russian nuclear arsenals to the recent decision to supply arms and […]