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November 11, 2016 — Morning in America!

by Scott Cooper on November 11, 2016 in Ambassador Henry F. Cooper, Ronald Reagan, SDI, Trump

With the election of Donald Trump and Mike Pence—and key leadership in congress, we have an opportunity to re-establish the “three-legged stool” that characterized President Ronald Reagan’s metaphor for governing with a unifying approach for the combined interests of social, economic, and foreign policy/defense conservatives. All three are important. All three make vital contributions. All three support the common good. Furthermore, President Elect Trump has indicated his support for returning to this approach that propelled us Reaganites of a quarter century ago. Read Full Story

September 6, 2016—Defend Against All Attacks!

by Henry F. Cooper on September 6, 2016 in Brilliant Pebbles, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI, Space Based Interceptors

“Wouldn’t it be better to save lives than to avenge them? Are we not capable of demonstrating our peaceful intentions by applying all our abilities and our ingenuity to achieving a truly lasting stability? I think we are. Indeed, we must. After careful consultation with my advisers, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I believe there is a way.” Ronald Reagan, March 23, 1983 Read Full Story

August 30, 2016——”Déjà Vu All Over Again” . . . One More Time!

by Henry F. Cooper on August 30, 2016 in Boost-Phase Defenses, Brilliant Pebbles, GPALS, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Missile Defense, SDI, Space, Space Based Defense, Space Based Interceptors

“Those who do not learn from History are doomed to repeat it.” Variously attributed to George Santayana, Edmund Burke, Winston Churchill, . . . Whoever, inevitably true! Read Full Story

August 23, 2016—Soldier Down . . . General Vessey, Rest in Peace.

by Henry F. Cooper on August 22, 2016 in Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI, Space Based Defense, Vessey, Watkins

Not quite seventeen, this “soldier’s soldier” volunteered to become a Minnesota National Guardsman and received an Anzio battlefield commission in World War II and the Army’s second highest medal for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross, in Viet Nam. He led the U.S. and U.N. Forces in Korea and opposed withdrawing U.S. Forces which cost him the Army Chief of Staff post under President Jimmie Carter—an implicit rebuke cast aside when President Ronald Reagan appointed him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and after his retirement and return to Minnesota into other important posts. President George H.W. Bush awarded Gen. Vessey the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. A life of service with unquestionable integrity. Read Full Story

May 17, 2016—Bottom Line: The People Get It!

by Henry F. Cooper on May 16, 2016 in Aegis Ashore, Electric Grid, EMP, Gulf Coast Defense, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Missile Defense, SDI, Secure The Grid

Local and state initiatives are gaining momentum and potentially can prompt needed solutions to counter the existential threats posed by an indefinite loss of the electric power grid — today an all too real possibility. These “bottoms-up” initiatives offer hope to all Americans in spite of the lethargy among the “powers that be” who are failing at their sworn duty. Will the solutions come in time? Read Full Story

May 10, 2016—State and Local Efforts to Secure the Grid!

by Henry F. Cooper on May 9, 2016 in Aegis Ashore, Electric Grid, EMP, Gulf Coast Defense, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Missile Defense, SDI, Secure The Grid

Local and state initiatives are needed to protect all Americans from some existential threats to the electric power grid, because leaders in the Federal Government are failing at their duty to “provide for the common defense.” Happily, much can be accomplished by such initiatives, but protection against ballistic missiles launched from vessels in the Gulf of Mexico requires action by the Federal Government to protect the entire nation. Read Full Story

May 3, 2016— Fix the Grid, From the Bottom Up!

by Henry F. Cooper on May 2, 2016 in Electric Grid, EMP, Gulf Coast Defense, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Missile Defense, Missile Threat, NORTHCOM, SDI, Secure The Grid

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

April 12, 2016—SDI Promised … SpaceX Delivering … More to Come?

by Henry F. Cooper on April 11, 2016 in DC-X, Henry F. Cooper, Heritage Foundation, SDI, SpaceX

“Today our adversaries perceive that space is a weak-link in our deterrence calculus” . . . “Our strategy is to strengthen that link, to assure it never breaks, and to disabuse our adversaries of the idea that our space capabilities make tempting targets.” ~ Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Doug Loverro — Testimony to the House Armed Service Strategic forces Subcommittee, March 15, 2016 Read Full Story

March 22, 2016—Reagan was Right!

by Henry F. Cooper on March 21, 2016 in Brilliant Pebbles, Clementine, DC-X, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Ronald Reagan, SDI, Space Based Interceptors

“Adversaries are developing kinetic, directed-energy, and cyber tools to deny, degrade, and destroy our space capabilities.~ General John Hyten, Commander of Air Force Space Command, from his prepared March 15, 2016 testimony to the Strategic Forces Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee Read Full Story

March 15, 2016—The Right Side of the Cost Curve!

by Henry F. Cooper on March 14, 2016 in Brilliant Pebbles, Clementine, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI, Space Based Interceptors

“. . . Many of our potential adversaries are pursuing advanced weapons development not seen in decades. Individually, they pose serious concerns to our national security and the international community. Collectively, they represent a vast spectrum of complex and volatile threats that I believe will only continue to grow and threaten the homeland if we hesitate to act decisively.” Admiral William E. Gortney ~ March 10, 2016 Read Full Story