Time to counter nuclear threats

Its time for the U.S. to build the ’star wars’ missile defense shield

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Remember Star Wars? Not the movie, but Reagan’s dream to build a missile shield to protect us from Soviet nuclear weapons?  In the end we put missile defense on the back burner, because the Soviet Union collapsed.

But we need to bring it back now – not only to protect against Russian missiles – but to shield us from the what could be a new generation of nuclear powers – North Korea, Iran, and possibly even Pakistan if the Islamic radicals seize power.

North Korea’s recent missile tests show it will soon have the ability to strike Alaska and Hawaii.  It’s nuclear tests show it has can make the bomb. Iran’s missile long-range missiles can reach Israel and parts of Europe. Iran’s nuclear weapons program is progressing and they already have enough enriched uranium to build one bomb.

Most experts believe both countries will have nuclear weapons and long-range missiles capable of carrying them before the end of president Obama’s first term.

That’s why we need to start a US missile shield program now, so we have the time to research, build and deploy it before rouge states go nuclear.

But what has the president Obama done? He’s CUT spending on missile defense by 1.6 billion dollars! He’s reducing the program when he should be increasing it.  He hopes to rely on diplomacy to convince the north Koreans and Iranians to stop their nuclear programs. What if diplomacy fails, as all his efforts have so far?

The reality is, within a few years, North Korea could launch a nuclear attack that would reach American cities in thirty minutes.   We currently have NO adequate defense against it.

Billions more for Detroit, billions for wall street bankers, billions for bad mortgages. But cutbacks to defend us against nuclear attack? That’s just crazy.

This is DEFCON 3 by KT and I’m KT McFarland