In the March 23, 1983, address that formally unveiled the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), President Ronald Reagan famously outlined a vision that challenged the “balance of terror” that governed relations between the U.S. and USSR. Reagan proposed an alternative to continuing to live with the imminent threat of thermonuclear war: the development and deployment of defensive capabilities able to eliminate nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles.
House approves East coast missile site;
Russia tests "
missile defense kiler"
ICBM ...and upgrade its sea-based interceptors in 2016
Largely unnoticed among the acrimonious back-and-forth over Syria at the recent Group of Eight summit in Fermenagh, Ireland, the United States and Russia took a small but meaningful step forward in cyberspace. On the sidelines of the summit, the two nations signed a pact filled with “confidence-building measures” designed to prevent miscalculations and unwarranted escalations in the event of a cyberconflict.
Congress seeks to maintain missile defense assets in Asia...;
...and prevent data sharing with Russia;
Oman to strengthen Gulf air defense
U.S. budget cuts drive Poland's missile shield... ...While Russia seeks to reengage diplomatically on BMD Does missile defense restructure mean new kill vehicles?