White House to Scrap Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield

New York Times by Peter Baker, Nicholas Kulish | Sep. 18, 2009 (News Report)

President Obama announced on Thursday that his administration will scrap former President George W. Bush’s planned missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic and instead deploy a reconfigured system aimed more at intercepting shorter-range Iranian missiles. Full Story »

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Dwight Rousu
2.9
 by Dwight Rousu - Sep. 17, 2009

The story lacks technical evaluation of the missile systems and any reference to costs. It also does not present the widely held view that the Bush initiative was intended to provoke Russia.

I have worked on missile defense, and my opinion is that the Bush ICBM missile interceptor system is a giant boondoggle that would never work against a real threat, and ignores more serious threats.

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