Russian Strategic Bombers Conduct More Than 16 Incursions of U.S. Air Defense Zones
‘Spike’ in Bear H flights over past week seen as test of U.S. air defenses by Bill Gertz • Washington Free Beacon Russian strategic nuclear bombers…
Israel Missile Defenses Saved Thousands of Lives, Israelis and Palestinians Alike
by Peter Huessy Cranky opponents of the Iron Dome Israeli missile defense claim the system doesn’t work. Some in the arms control community have latched on to such criticism to…
Israel’s Iron Dome Missile-Defense System is an Ironclad Success
by Uzi Rubin • Reuters While the troops of Israel’s Air Defense Command are blasting Grad and Fajr rockets shot from Gaza out of the sky…
A Shield of Protection when Missiles Fly
Current conflicts confirm the need for a robust layered defense system by George Landrith • Washington Times Not too many years ago, many optimistically argued that…
Thune Speaks in Support of Israel and Iron Dome
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-South Dakota), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today joined several of his Republican colleagues in reaffirming their support for Israel, America’s friend and ally, and…
The Missiles of July
by Peter Huessy In the last month, Hamas has now launched over 2000 rockets at Israel with Tel Aviv shooting down roughly 90% of those aimed at Israeli population centers.…
An Iron Dome for America?
What Americans should learn from Israel’s missile-defense system by Rebeccah Heinrichs The Israeli missile-defense system known as Iron Dome once again finds itself in the international spotlight, causing many Americans…
Coalition Letter Supporting Fully Funding Missile Defense
TO: Sen. Carl Levin, Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. John McCain, Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin, Chairman, Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, Sen. Thad Cochran, Chairman, Senate Appropriations…
Missile “Diplomacy”
U.S. Not Connecting the Dots by Peter Huessy There is presently concern that programs to prevent short- and medium-range ballistic missiles from reaching Europe will be delayed under pressure to make…
NATO After Ukraine: Military Modernization in Europe
by Peter Huessy NATO faces a challenge to modernize and sustain its nuclear posture and missile defense deployments in Europe at a time of declining defense budgets on the one…
The Diplomacy of Missile Defense
by Peter Huessy The long thirty one year debate over missile defenses for the United States begun with the President Reagan announcement of the strategic defense initiative in March 1983…
Missile Defense Agency Successfully Destroys Target in Flight with Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System
June 27, 2014, Washington, D.C. – On June 22nd, the Missile Defense Agency and a high tech industry team that designed and built the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system conducted a…
The Missile Defense Deniers
by Peter Huessy On Sunday June 22, high over the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the U.S. Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command,…
Keeping the Bear at Bay
Helping Europe with missile defense would show Russia that the U.S. is serious. The U.S. needs to show that Putin’s ambition will be checked. by Peter Roff The world –…
Rep. Mike Rogers on Missile Defense
Congressman Mike Rogers gave the following remarks in a speech at the NDIA-AFA-ROA Congressional Breakfast Seminar Series on nuclear deterrence, missile defense, arms control, proliferation and defense policy, hosted by…