September 20, 2009

Op-Ed Contributor - A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe - NYTimes.com

Bravo for Secretary Gates. He makes a reasoned argument for the announced change in deployment strategy and technology for missile-defense in Europe.

In a former life I worked in the ABM systems that the army was testing to counter Soviet Cold-War ICBMs. Then I was amazed at the technology we had available. At that time we had the capability to destroy outside the atmosphere Multiple Independently-Targeted Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs). Now the developments and capability must be astounding.

I support Gates and TeamObama's decision to deploy a different, more effective system earlier than that originally proposed for Poland and the Czech Republic.

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