Author Archives: Scott Cooper

Palestinian Rockets Versus Israeli Missiles In The Second Gaza War

by on in Israel, Missile Defense, Missile Threat, Palestine, Uzi Rubin

Uzi Rubin, President of Rubincom, Ltd. and Founding Director of Israeli Missile Defense Organization spoke at The Washington Institute on December 18, 2012. He discussed November’s Gaza war, a watershed event for both Israel and the Palestinians. Militants in Gaza exhibited improved, though still unguided, rocket technology and a more robust command-and-control structure, while Israel employed an effective missile defense on a widespread basis for the first time. By Uzi Rubin. Read Full Story

An Open Letter to Citizens of the Coastal States around the Gulf of Mexico

An Open Letter to Citizens of the Coastal States around the Gulf of Mexico

by on in Aegis Ashore, Electromagnetic Pulse, EMP Threat, Gulf of Mexico Missile Defense, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier

If you live near the Gulf of Mexico, you are the front line to an eminent threat to all Americans. The electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from a nuclear weapon exploded a hundred miles above the U.S. could kill 60-90 percent of all Americans. The powers that be should urgently address this well known threat that could be launched by Iran or Terrorists from a ship in the Gulf. By Ambassador Cooper. Read Full Story

Heritage Foundation Hosts Roundtable on EMP Effects

by on in Electromagnetic Pulse, EMP, EMP Threat, Henry F. Cooper, Heritage Foundation, High Frontier

In August 2012, The Heritage Foundation hosted a roundtable on the effects of an Electromagnetic Pulse. The event was hosted by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, and Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies. High Frontier hopes you will invest the time to watch this important discussion about the effects of Electromagentic Pulse. Read Full Story

Meeting The Iranian Threat

by on in Aegis Ashore, Electromagnetic Pulse, EMP Threat, Gulf of Mexico, Henry F. Cooper, Iranian Missile Threat, Missile Defense, Robert L. Pfalzgraff Jr.

As U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran rapidly broadens its reach to undergird a global strategy to threaten Americans at home and abroad—and our overseas friends and allies. U.S. missile-defenses need to adapt to this increased threat and to broader Iranian influence in the Middle East. By Henry F. Cooper and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff. Read Full Story

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