August 24, 2006 :: Forbes :: Analysis
Steve Forbes argues that the U.S. must ramp up its missile defense efforts to defend against rogue nations and terrorist organizations. He writes in the September 4 issue of Forbes that North Korea’s July 4 missile tests and Hezbollah’s Iranian-supplied rocket attacks against Israel underscore the vulnerability of the U.S. to ballistic missile attack, even as the U.S. deploys ground-based interceptors in California and Alaska, and sea-based Aegis interceptors in the Pacific.
Forbes praises the recent report by the Independent Working Group (IWG), Missile Defense, the Space Relationship, and the Twenty-First Century, which puts forth a variety of recommendations to defend the U.S. against missile attack, including reviving the space-based Brilliant Pebbles system. “The American people would overwhelmingly support such an accelerated effort,” Forbes writes. “The nightly news reminds us that the day of our vulnerability to terrorist missiles is nigh.” (Article)
» Read the 2007 report: The Independent Working Group on Missile Defense, the Space Relationship, and the Twenty-First Century (8 MB)
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