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October 2, 2018—Back to the Future!

by Henry F. Cooper on October 1, 2018 in Brilliant Pebbles, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Space Based Defense, Space Force

“ . . . If the allied military targets had been spread out, there wouldn’t have been enough Patriots in the world to defend them all. In 15-20 years, when very accurate missiles with mass destruction warheads are available to third world nations, the U.S. will need a regional wide area defense force to duplicate on a grand scale the Patriot’s pivotal role of defanging the Scud.” Lt. Gen. Charles A. Horner, Commander US Central Command, Tactical Air Forces, in Aviation Week, 11 February 1991 Read Full Story

September 25, 2018—The SBI Price is Right!

by Henry F. Cooper on September 25, 2018 in Boost-Phase Defenses, Brilliant Pebbles, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Space Based Defense, Space Force

The September 19, 2018 Washington Times published an article, entitled “Toward a Cost-Effective Ballistic Missile Defense,” by Rowland H. (Rhip) Worrell and me, which reviewed facts to back-up Undersecretary of Defense Michael Griffin’s claim that a space-based defense could be deployed for less than $20-billion. Read Full Story

September 19, 2018 – Washington Times Editorial – Toward a cost-effective ballistic missile defense

by Henry F. Cooper on September 22, 2018 in Uncategorized

The following editorial, written by High Frontier Chairman Henry Cooper was in the Washington Times on Wednesday September 19, 2018. Its title is “Toward a Cost-Effective Missile Defense.” Read Full Story

September 18, 2018—Time’s a-Wasting….

by Henry F. Cooper on September 17, 2018 in Boost-Phase Defenses, Brilliant Pebbles, EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Space Based Defense, Space Force

“So far, the only promising [boost phase] defense system concept has been a space based or satellite borne interceptor. Such a system requires many thousands of interceptors in space, but at a given instant only a small fraction will be in a position to attack. The economic feasibility of such systems is heavily dependent upon equipment reliability and upon enemy countermeasures.” ~ Harold N. Beveridge in his 1960 Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) ‘Project Defender” report to the Director of Research and Engineering Read Full Story

September 11, 2018—Remember 9/11 if you can . . .

by Henry F. Cooper on September 10, 2018 in EMP, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, September 11

Do you recall what you were doing when you became aware of 9/11? I was in a company managers meeting in Alexandria, VA when we got word a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. Then the second, and so we knew neither was an accident. And shortly thereafter we were looking for the smoke from the third that impacted the Pentagon …and somewhat later we learned that a fourth had crashed in Pennsylvania — thanks to alert and heroic passengers. Otherwise, the White House or Capitol might be part of the 9/11 images we remember . . . Lest we forget! . . . Read Full Story

September 4, 2018—Work from the Bottom Up!

by Henry F. Cooper on September 3, 2018 in EMP, EMP Commission, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, Space Force, Trump

“What I decided to do when I set out to write this book was to try to understand why the core values—the core qualities that make America great seemed to be in decline . . . whether it is the ability for Washington to get anything done, the kind of bipartisanship we used to enjoy on big issues . . . what I found was in many ways our core values have been hijacked . . .” Steven Brill, Author of Tailspin: The People and Forces Behind America’s Fifty Year Fall—and Those Fighting to Reverse It Read Full Story

August 28, 2018—On Legacies of John McCain

by Henry F. Cooper on August 27, 2018 in Brilliant Pebbles, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, McCain, SDI, Space Defense, Space Force, Trump

“Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principals, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you.” ~ John S. McCain, III — Sailor, Representative, Senator, American . . . Read Full Story

August 21, 2018—Memories!

by Henry F. Cooper on August 20, 2018 in Anniversary, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier

Sorry to shortchange my regular readers this week, when many important things occurred on the main subjects I have focused on for so long — but the most important event for me was something that happened 60 years ago that eclipsed everything else. Indeed it was the most important agreement of my life! Read Full Story

August 14, 2018—It’s the Law-of-the-Land!

by Henry F. Cooper on August 13, 2018 in Brilliant Pebbles, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI, Space Defense, Space Force, Trump

“I’ve made my own preliminary cost estimates… and I can’t figure out a way to make them (space-based interceptors) cost as much as some of the numbers I’ve seen tossed around the media (like) many tens of billions of dollars.” ($67 to $109 billion is commonly cited.) ~ Dr. Michael Griffin, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Read Full Story

August 7, 2018—Time to Revive Brilliant Pebbles!

by Henry F. Cooper on August 6, 2018 in Brilliant Pebbles, Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, SDI, Space Defense, Space Force, Trump

“Although the program was cancelled due to opposition in Congress, and lack of interest during the Clinton Administration, the aerospace technology developed utilized a combination of essentially off-the-shelf commercial and military technology that is still available to U.S. aerospace development.” ~ Donald H. Baucom, The Rise and Fall of Brilliant Pebbles Read Full Story