Periodically High Frontier Chairman Henry Cooper writes for Newsmax. Here is a link to his article yesterday, Sunday January 14, 208, addressing yesterday’s false ballistic missile alarm in Hawaii. Read Full Story
Author Archives: Henry F. Cooper
January 8, 2018—Our Undersea Achilles Heel
“In the most severe scenario of an all-out attack upon undersea cable infrastructure by a hostile actor the impact of connectivity loss is potentially catastrophic, but even relatively limited sabotage has the potential to cause significant economic disruption and damage.” ~ Former NATO Commander, Retired US Navy Admiral James Stavridis Read Full Story
January 1, 2018—Whither 2018?
“Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.” ~ John Wesley Read Full Story
December 25, 2017—A Blessed Christmas Past!
This famous “Earth Rise” picture was taken by the astronauts of Apollo 9, who entered orbit around the Moon on Christmas Eve, 1968. It reminds us of things not to be forgotten and those far from home, who should be remembered on this Christmas morning. Read Full Story
Help High Frontier Continue This Momentum!
Dear Friend of High Frontier … President Trump’s National Security Strategy, announced on Monday, compels me to urge you to consider a year-end tax-deductible gift to High Frontier. He is on the right track and I want to help. I hope you do, too. I could not have hoped for more than his strategy’s support… Read Full Story
December 19, 2017—Vulnerable Undersea Cables?
Air Chief Marshal Sir Stuart Peach, Great Britain’s most senior military officer, warns of a new threat to undersea communications and internet cables. He said NATO is protecting the cables “in response to the threat posed by the modernization of the Russian navy, both nuclear and conventional submarines and ships.” And that’s an understatement! Read Full Story
December 12, 2017—Tactical or Strategic Warning?
“It is much easier after the event to sort the relevant from the irrelevant signals. After the event, of course, a signal is always crystal clear; we can now see what disaster it was signaling, since the disaster has occurred. But before the event it is obscure and pregnant with conflicting meanings… It is only human to want some unique and univocal signal, to want a guarantee from intelligence… We have to accept the fact of uncertainty and learn to live with it. No magic, in code or otherwise, will provide certainty. Our plans must work without it.” ~Roberta Wohlstetter, Policy Analyst and Historian in Pearl Harbor: Warning and Decision, 1962 Read Full Story
Ambassador Cooper Interviewed by CBS Affiliate WSPA
High Frontier Chairman, Ambassador Henry F. Cooper was interviewed by CBS Affiliate WSPA, Channel 7 in the Upstate of South Carolina, as a result of his participation at conference of the South Carolina Chapter of Infragard. The conference addressed the need to secure our nations 16 critical infrastructure sectors. Here is the segment covered on… Read Full Story
December 5, 2017—A fork in the road!
“You’ve got to be very careful if you don’t know where you are going, because you might not get there . . . When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” Yogi Berra Read Full Story
November 28, 2017—Boost Phase Intercept, Now!
“INITIAL OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that an effective interim kinetic or directed energy boost phase ballistic missile defense capability is available for initial operational deployment as soon as practicable.” Section 1685, National Defense Authorization Act for 2018 Read Full Story
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