HARRISON MENKE Why the United States shouldn’t rest easy on Pacific BMD This summer, U.S. ballistic missile defenses (BMD) notched a key achievement in the Asian-Pacific. Rather than on the target range however, this time the success came from the diplomatic front. In August, Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel …
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FY15 Missile Defense Hearing Re-Ignites Sequestration Concerns For FY16
ABEL ROMERO This week, the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held the FY15 Missile Defense Hearing. Congressman Jim Cooper (D-TN) aptly concluded the hearing – which was focused on advancing missile defense capabilities in the face of fiscal difficulties – by saying he thought “the most important single word that was uttered (by …