The greatest strategic threat to the United States is an attack by one or more ballistic missiles armed with nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction. Today, the United States remains completely vulnerable to this form of attack.
Missilethreat.com is dedicated to explaining this threat, and the urgent need for robust and layered missile defenses. Systems based on land, sea, air, and in space which are capable of intercepting a missile during any phase of its flight are necessary to provide for the common defense.
Lieutenant General Henry Obering, Director of the Missile Defense Agency, delivered the dedication speech at the unveiling of a new Reagan Monument at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California today. Vandenberg, home to three interceptors residing in underground silos, seemed the perfect place to remember Reagan's own words on missile defense and to reinvigorate his SDI vision. Speakers included Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) and Riki Ellison, founder and president of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance. 