NY Times: US Anti-missile Arms "fragile”, Defense System Flawed
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A United States National Research Council report revealed that the US missile defense system is flawed, and the US is subsequently vulnerable to certain types of long-range strikes, The NY Times reported Tuesday.
A16-person panel, comprising top scientists, engineers and weapon experts, recommended that US President Barack Obama change tack in his defense strategy.
It suggested that Obama expand a system he inherited from former US president George W. Bush in order to be better prepared to defeat the type of long-range missiles Iran may be developing, according to the paper.
The National Research Council report, however, called the existing antimissile arms "fragile" and full of "shortcomings that limit their effectiveness against even modestly improved threats."
"For too long, the US has been committed to expensive missile defense strategies without sufficient consideration of the costs and real utility," the panel's co-chairman L. David Montague was quoted as saying.
Source: NY Times, edited by moqawama.org
A United States National Research Council report revealed that the US missile defense system is flawed, and the US is subsequently vulnerable to certain types of long-range strikes, The NY Times reported Tuesday.
A16-person panel, comprising top scientists, engineers and weapon experts, recommended that US President Barack Obama change tack in his defense strategy. It suggested that Obama expand a system he inherited from former US president George W. Bush in order to be better prepared to defeat the type of long-range missiles Iran may be developing, according to the paper.
The National Research Council report, however, called the existing antimissile arms "fragile" and full of "shortcomings that limit their effectiveness against even modestly improved threats."
"For too long, the US has been committed to expensive missile defense strategies without sufficient consideration of the costs and real utility," the panel's co-chairman L. David Montague was quoted as saying.
Source: NY Times, edited by moqawama.org
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