"...why the U.S. has no plans for intercepting a Russian or Chinese nuclear attack on America, and an inadequate system for countering North Korea’s growing arsenal.
Present strategy is to threaten potential aggressors with such overwhelming retaliation that it would be suicidal to attack. ...it leaves the nation largely undefended against the greatest threat to its survival.
To put it bluntly, if Russia or China or North Korea elected to launch even a handful of nuclear warheads...Given the scale of the danger and the pace at which it is evolving, the current missile defense system is grossly inadequate. And yet year after year, the Pentagon spends less than 1% of its budget on missile defense of the homeland."
Reference: www.forbes.com
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National missile defense "...a generic term is a type of missile defense: a military strategy and associated systems to shield an entire country against incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs). The missiles could be intercepted by other missiles, or possibly by lasers. They could be intercepted near the launch point (boost phase), during flight through space (mid-course phase), or during atmospheric descent (terminal phase)...."
Reference: en.wikipedia.org Tag Under:
Define: Missile Defense.
Sessions says missile cuts 'unacceptable' "...takes about $1.2 billion from national missile defense, much of it from the Ground-based Midcourse Defense program led by Boeing in Huntsville. Sessions also pointed out that work has stopped on the Kinetic Energy Interceptor and Multiple Kill Vehicle follow-on programs, and that about $900 million will also be moved to theater missiles, "leaving us a real big hole and very damaging cuts in national missile defense." ..."
Reference: www.al.com .
A listing of links/resources for the National Missile Defense (NMD)program "...National Missile Defense - The Arctic Dimension , The Dragon Goes North: Chemical and Biological Warfare Testing in Alaska [1972], Department of Defense Fact Sheets on 27 open-air Chemical and Biological Warfare Tests [Project 112] -- includes 12 tests at Fort Greely - Department of Defense, National Missile Defense and Alaska - Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, [July 19,2001], Missile Defense Agency Emplaces First Interceptor at Fort Greely - Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense [pdf file, July 22, 2004], New Acquisition Procedures for Missile Defense - Heritage Foundation [February 4, 2004]..."
Reference: arcticcircle.uconn.edu .
