Category Archives: Aegis Ashore

Open Letter on the Threat from the Gulf of Mexico

by Scott Cooper on December 28, 2013 in Aegis Ashore, Electro Magnetic Pulse, EMP, Gulf of Mexico, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Missile Defense

If you live near the Gulf of Mexico, you are the front line to an emerging existential 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. Though efforts in 2013 made progress in gaining awareness of this key problem, much remains to be done to get the powers that be to address this well-known threat that could be launched by Iran or Terrorists from a ship in the Gulf. Read Full Story

November 1, 2013—Aegis Ashore for Us, Too?

by Scott Cooper on October 31, 2013 in Aegis, Aegis Ashore, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Missile Defense, The Shield Act

Last Monday, construction began at an Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense site in Romania—to be completed by 2015 to begin defending our NATO allies against ballistic missiles from the Middle East, particularly Iran. A second Aegis Ashore site is planned by 2018. So why no Aegis Ashore sites around the Gulf of Mexico to defend America against Iranian or terrorist ballistic missiles launched from vessels in the Gulf? Read Full Story

A Cuban Missile Crisis For Today

by Scott Cooper on December 20, 2012 in Aegis Ashore, Electromagnetic Pulse, EMP Threat, Gulf of Mexico Missile Defense, Henry F. Cooper, Today's Cuban Missile Crisis

On October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced the Soviets were deploying nuclear weapons in Cuba. In those 13 days of crisis, we were closer to the brink of nuclear holocaust than we then realized. Now we could face a new crisis from the south—from ballistic missiles launched from ships in the Gulf of Mexico or Venezuela. Read Full Story

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

by Scott Cooper on October 26, 2012 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

Meeting The Iranian Threat

by Scott Cooper on October 17, 2012 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