Requirements for Ballistic Missile Defenses
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Excerpt from Requirements for Ballistic Missile Defenses: Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, January 24, 1995 The committee meets today to conduct a hearing on U.S. ballistic missile defense requirements. We have a distinguished panel of outside experts to address the fundamentals of why the United States should invest significant resources to develop and deploy defenses against ballistic missile attack. Dr. Keith B. Payne is president of the National Institute for Public Policy. An adjunct professor at Georgetown University, Dr. Payne has written and spoken extensively on deterrence and ballistic missile defense. Dr. Kathleen Bailey is a senior fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. From 1987 to 1990, Dr. Bailey was assistant director for nonproliferation at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Dr. Theodore Gold is with Hicks & Associates, and has focused on the applications of technology to national security issues. In the coming weeks, this committee will closely examine U.S. ballistic missile defense requirements. We will be looking carefully at our requirements for both theater and national missile defenses. Although we have a relatively healthy theater missile defense program in place, we are not adequately preparing to defend the United States itself. Defense of our homeland against direct attack is a priority enshrined in the Constitution itself, yet it is an aspect of our national defense that has been woefully neglected. Most Americans would be shocked to learn that we cannot defend ourselves against even a single ballistic missile fired in our direction. The committee will also be taking a close look at the continuing value and validity of the Antiballistic Missile Treaty of 1972. I am very concerned by the administration´s apparent willingness to extend the ABM Treaty to some categories of theater missile defense systems which were never intended to be limited. Today, I will transmit a letter to the President, signed by myself, the majority leader, and a significant number of my Republican colleagues, calling for a temporary suspension of negotiations to modify the ABM Treaty. I believe that this would give Congress time to review our missile defense needs and strengthen the President´s hand in dealing with Russia´s attempt to constrain our theater missile defense programs. Once again, I want to thank our witnesses for appearing here today. We would ask you to present brief opening remarks and to submit your written statements for the record. Senator Nunn. Senator Nunn. Thank you very much Mr. Chairman. I thank the witnesses for being here today, and thank you, Mr. Chairman, for having this hearing. As all of us on the Armed Services Committee recognize, this committee has been a strong supporter of ballistic missile defenses for a long time. This committee originated the Missile Defense Act of 1991, which passed and is now law; it was developed with strong bipartisan support. The Missile Defense Act calls for primary emphasis on the development and deployment of highly effective defenses against theater ballistic missiles. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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