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August 30, 2016——”Déjà Vu All Over Again” . . . One More Time!
“Those who do not learn from History are doomed to repeat it.” Variously attributed to George Santayana, Edmund Burke, Winston Churchill, . . . Whoever, inevitably true! My article this week was...
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September 6, 2016—Defend Against All Attacks!
“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...
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November 22, 2016 — Global Defense: First from the Sea; Then from Space!
“We propose to rebuild the key tools of missile defense, starting with the Navy cruisers that are the foundation of our missile defense capabilities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. As we expand...
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November 30, 2016 — A Trump Opportunity!
“President-elect Trump should direct the Pentagon to revive SDI plans for destroying ballistic missiles in their boost phase, shortly after launch — when a ballistic missile is most vulnerable and...
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January 31, 2017—Two Key Trump Initiatives
“I strongly support missile defense and a robust U.S. nuclear deterrent as important components of defending the U.S. against catastrophic threats. In addition, however, there is much the Department...
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February 7, 2017—President Trump: Win One for the Gipper!
“We propose to rebuild the key tools of missile defense, starting with the Navy cruisers that are the foundation of our missile defense capabilities in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. As we expand...
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March 21, 2017—“Star Wars” and The Art of the Deal?
“[T]here’s a time when confluence of thought comes together and now it takes a leader to say, ‘The timing is right. I’m going to move it. And I feel comfortable with my grounds, I feel comfortable the...
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March 28, 2017—“Quick Fix” for North Korea?
“Certainly, we do not want for things to get to a military conflict . . .” but: “If they [North Korean leaders] elevate the threat of their weapons program to a level that we believe requires action,...
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June 20, 2017—Space Defense Revival?
“Someday, not too distant; there can come streaking out of somewhere (We won’t be able to hear it, it will come so fast.) some kind of gadget with an explosive so powerful that one projectile will be...
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July 18, 2017—Micro-satellites for Defense … Who’ll Be First?
“An imaging satellite and 72 micro-satellites were launched into orbit Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos and research centre Glavcosmos announced....
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November 21, 2017—NDAA 2018: Back to the Future?
“If consistent with the direction or recommendations of the Ballistic Missile Defense Review that commenced in 2017, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall develop a space-based ballistic...
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November 28, 2017—Boost Phase Intercept, Now!
“INITIAL OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that an effective interim kinetic or directed energy boost phase ballistic missile defense capability is available for initial...
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February 6, 2018—Let’s Win One for the Gipper!
“I firmly believe that it was the determination to embark upon that SDI program and to continue with it that eventually convinced the Soviet Union that they could never, never, never achieve their aim...
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February 20, 2018—Space: The Ultimate High Ground!
“We’ve been led astray by viewing space as some kind of a fuzzy panda bear thing; I think the Chinese … the Russians and others, they view space as the ultimate high ground. They are preparing for...
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March 6, 2018—Thank you, Vladimir!
On March 1, 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin favored us with some of his true views, consistent with his reported declaration over a decade ago, “The breakup of the Soviet Union was the greatest...
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March 13, 2018—Time to Revive Space Defense!
“[S]pace capabilities are critical for effective deterrence, defense, and force projection capabilities. . . Due to the critical importance of these assets, the national security strategy states, ‘any...
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March 20, 2018—One More Time for “The Gipper!”
“I didn’t take this job so that we could regain parity with our adversaries. As I’ve taken to saying: ‘I want to see their hand and raise them one. I want to make them worry about catching up with us...
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March 27, 2018—Reagan was Right on Space Defense!
“Wouldn’t it be better to save lives than to avenge them?” ~President Ronald Reagan … March 23, 1983 Last Friday was the 35th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan’s speech that defended his...
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April 3, 2018—The Price Is Right!
“Brilliant Pebbles, canceled by the Clinton Administration for ideological reasons, could be resurrected and begin deployment before 2024, total cost $20 billion or less. The current National Defense...
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April 10, 2018—Oh My Darling, Clementine!
. . . Ruby lips above the water, Blowing bubbles soft and fine, But alas, I was no swimmer, So I lost my Clementine. Oh my darling, Oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine, You are lost and gone...
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