More doubts cast on European missile defense plan

The National Academy of Sciences is casting more doubt on whether the Obama administration’s European-based missile defense shield can protect the United States and recommends scrapping key parts of the system.

Only Problem With Obama Is EU Missile Shield, Medvedev Says

Speaking to the press during the APEC Summit in Honolulu this weekend, Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said he was pleased with his three year relationship with U.S. president Barack Obama, but still had one major sticking point: the ongoing European missile defense shield.

MDA Director Sees Stable Future for Programs

The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is projecting a sense of confidence that despite the federal government’s focus on cutting the deficit, the agency’s signature programs—the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system and the Phased Adaptive Approach for Europe—are likely to escape major budget reductions.

Romania Approves Draft Law on US Missile Shield

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s government has approved a draft law that permits the building of an anti-ballistic interceptor site in the country as part of a U.S. missile shield.

Transatlantic Missile Defense: Remarks by Ellen Tauscher

Thank you, Fred, for that kind introduction and for inviting me to participate in this conference. I want to particularly thank you for your leadership and the important efforts of the Atlantic Council around the world.

Russia Talks Tough in Missile Shield Dispute

(Reuters) – A top Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that talks with the United States on missile defense had hit a “dead end,” and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded coolly to a gesture designed to allay the Kremlin’s concerns about U.S. plans.

MDA Director Sees Stable Future For Programs

 

 

 

 

 

The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is projecting a sense of confidence that despite the federal government’s focus on cutting the deficit, the agency’s signature programs—the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system and the Phased Adaptive Approach for Europe—are likely to escape major budget reductions.

Sacrificing Missile Defense for ‘Reset’

When Barack Obama campaigned for president in 2008, he promised to “cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.” The word “unproven,” folks worried, could be used against every defense system that hasn’t intercepted a missile in combat. And, indeed, Obama did cut missile defense programs. 

Amid Tensions, U.S. and Turkey Move Forward on Missile Defense

The United States and Turkey signed an agreement to station U.S. missile defense radar in Turkey, just as Ankara’s relations with the West seem to be deteriorating.

Rose-Colored Glasses

Dear Members and Friends,

In a dimly lit ballroom at the Van Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Lt Gen Patrick O’Reilly gave the annual status and future prospectus of United States missile defense.  A receptive audience, composed of hundreds of members from the defense industry and the community whom the Missile Defense Agency supports from their complex in nearby Redstone Arsenal, was in attendance at the U.S. Army’s 14th annual Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) Conference.