Obama to Scrap European Missile Shield Plan
New Defense System Will Focus on Stopping Shorter-Range Missiles
President Obama said Thursday that he is abandoning Bush-era plans for a long-range missile defense system based in Poland and the Czech Republic, turning instead to a land- and sea-based system of sensors and interceptors that is focused on stopping shorter-range missiles that could be fired from Iran. Full Story »
Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV - via Washington Post
While Bush's ICBM missile defense was a useless boondoggle, details on this alternative design are missing from the discussion here. Global nuclear disarmament is the only rational goal.