Missile Defense

Aegis System Destroys Missile in Successful BMD Test

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:42:55 -0500

From Missile Defense Agency: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS LAKE ERIE (CG-70) successfully conducted a flight test today of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in the intercept of a separating ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean

What Kaliningrad Means for Europe’s Values and Interests

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:54:58 -0500

From Judy Dempsey, Strategic Europe: The Russian exclave of Kaliningrad plays a special role between Moscow, Warsaw, and Berlin.

Poland's Foreign Minister: 'I’m Afraid Conflict in Europe is Imaginable'

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:07:57 -0500

From Radek Sikorski, Foreign Affairs: Our relations with Russia, like yours, are pragmatic but brittle.

Hillary Clinton: We cannot afford to let NATO 'slide into military irrelevance'

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:28:13 -0500

From Hillary Rodham Clinton, Atlantic Council: [T]he Obama administration continues to update America’s ballistic missile defense systems to protect both Europe and the United States against threats from outside the continent.

Canada should hear U.S. out on missile defense system

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:28:17 -0500

From the Editors of the Calgary Herald: The Pentagon announced its intention in March to place 14 new ground-based missile interceptors in Alaska by 2017

Europeans should encourage U.S. to offer Russia legal guarantees on missile defense

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 02 May 2013 08:18:08 -0500

From Clara Marina O'Donnell, Real Clear World: [S]o far, the Obama administration has refused to give Russia legal guarantees. The US has made such commitments in the past.

Russia's Foreign Minister sees danger in 'NATO trying to play a global role with global military reach'

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:37:26 -0500

From Sergei Lavrov, Foreign Policy: Of course the relationship between such big countries can never be cloudless. And we have some things which still divide us. Missile defense is one case in point.

NATO warns Syria about use of chemical weapons

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:00:55 -0500

From Phil Stewart and David Alexander, Reuters: In Brussels, the NATO alliance was "concerned by reports of the possible use of chemical weapons," an official said.