“Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those voluntarily granted to it by the people. We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should.” ~ Ronald Reagan, July 4, 1981 Read Full Story
Claims that the President’s Space Force proposal is in trouble are much overstated. Indeed, what is unfolding has many precedents in history where success proceeds in a “one-step-backward” and “two-steps-forward” manner. Indeed, maybe we are watching the development of a supportive alignment for founding major steps toward the President’s stated Space Force objective — including a role for space based defenses. Read Full Story
DoD is evaluating the Aegis BMD system’s SM-3 Block IIA interceptor, and its command, control system to intercept ICBMs. It’s about time, since even the Block IB demonstrated this inherent potential in 2008!!! Finally, we seem to be taking steps to realize the vision and recommendations of the Heritage Foundation’s 1995 Team B. Read Full Story
SpaceX and others in the private sector are exploiting current technology that can enable a truly advanced space-based defense program — an advanced Brilliant Pebbles system that was the most important Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) concept from President Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). It entered a fully approved Concept Development and Validation (DemVal) program in 1990, anticipated to cost $20 billion (in today’s dollars), which could lead to deployment in space within five years and operate for 20 years. Current “powers that be” should follow the lead of SpaceX and others to build ASAP such advanced systems as part of President Trump’s Space Force. Read Full Story
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.” ~ First Paragraph of General Eisenhower’s letter to the Troops on D-Day, 1944 Read Full Story
A bittersweet moment: The American flag is carefully folded and presented in the name of a grateful nation as a moving tribute of lasting importance to the veteran’s family. We all should pause and reflect on such honorable service, especially for those who gave their lives on our behalf. Read Full Story
We endorse the position of General John Hyten, USAF, Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, who recently testified, “We’re going to have a Space Force someday. I think what the Committee has to decide is when is that going to happen, and I think now is the time…you want to get ahead of the problem, not trail it, not come in response to a catastrophe. Get ahead of the problem.” ~ From an Open Letter from 43 former Senior Defense Officials Read Full Story
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) presents a substantial obstacle, at least for the uninformed, to urgently needed protection of the electric power grid from an all too real existential electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threat. Read Full Story
Last week on the 77th anniversary of Jimmy Doolittle’s famous raid on Tokyo, I wrote a Newsmax article that I proposed to title, “No Space Pearl Harbor, Please!” I wanted it to key off that important historical event to emphasize lessons that we should not forget today. Instead, the Newsmax editors emphasized the important Doolittle raid itself, rather than an even more important (in my opinion) historical lesson that we dare not repeat. With that thought in mind, please review that article and see what you think. Then consider my follow-up comments. Read Full Story
Last month, many of us remembered President Reagan’s March 23, 1983 speech that launched his Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), which many remember as playing a crucial role in ending the Cold War. What is seemingly forgotten is the important role that space-based defenses played in realizing Reagan’s vision — and, even more important, their potential benefits for today. A challenge for Trump’s Space Force! Read Full Story
We will be adding key policy briefs as we progress.