A growing number of Americans are concerned that the once highly classified threat from an electromagnetic pulse is still not being addressed, even though the Pentagon has known about it for a half-century and most essential matters were made public in the 2008 EMP Commission report. Our civil infrastructure was never hardened, except for communication systems to assure connectivity from the President to our strategic forces. Read Full Story
To counter the threats of the “New World Disorder,” we need to build the very best ballistic missile defenses that our technology permits, as quickly as possible . . . and should not bargain away our right to do so, especially for fleeting diplomatic gains. Read Full Story
This week, Senior U.S. Officials have stated that our recent missile defense deployments assure that we can shoot down North Koreas ballistic missiles in all contingencies, if they are launched at the U.S. homeland or our troops in the Pacific, e.g., at Guam. But . . . What about one North Korea may actually have been practicing? Read Full Story
Iran has grown stronger from the recent Israel-Hamas hostilities. Despite media concentration on last week’s cease-fire, the real focal point is still the invisible Middle Eastern struggle for strategic advantage. There, Iran was already gaining ground, as the International Atomic Energy Agency reported on Nov. 16. By Ambassador John R. Bolton, November 28, 2012. Read Full Story
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
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