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Hackett: “Dawn of a New Era”

October 1, 2004 :: Washington Times :: Analysis

James T. Hackett has a fine article in today’s Washington Times on the expected operational deployment of ground based interceptors in Alaska in the coming days. Today, October 1, is the 29th anniversary of the only previous operational missile defenses in America, the nuclear tipped “Spartan” and “Sprint” interceptors briefly stationed at Grand Forks, North Dakota in 1975, to defend the Minuteman ICBM field located there.
        Hackett also reminds us that it was Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts who led the successful charge to close the base shortly after it was deployed, which it was, by February of 1976. If Senator Kerry is elected as president, history could well repeat itself, with the Alaska system in one manner or another being taken offline shortly after his inauguration.  (Article)

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